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Digital Rights and Wrongs Panel – Commonwealth Club of CA 5.7.07 – 1

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With RICHARD FRENCH, CEO, Avvenu; Former Senior Vice President, Open Source Development Network

TED COHEN, Managing Partner, TAG Strategic; Former Senior Vice President, Digital Development and Distribution, EMI Music

LEE SHUPP, Vice President of Business Strategy, Cheskin; Board Member, Association of Professional Futurists; Musician

GERD LEONHARD, CEO, Sonific; Co-author, The Future of Music, Media Futurist

Digital Media Juggernaut OverDrive Nabs Funding From Insight Venture Partners
OverDrive , which provides infrastructure and services for the distribution of digital content such as ebooks, audiobooks, music and videos, has raised capital from PE firm Insight Venture Partners , the New York-based backer of the likes of Twitter, Chegg, Privalia, Newegg and HauteLook. The size of the financing round remains undisclosed, but OverDrive says it concerns a “major investment” and …
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Uncensored Interview Signs Distribution Partnership With Getty Images
NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwire – 10/19/10) – Uncensored Interview, a full service video and multimedia production company, today announced a content distribution deal with Getty Images, Inc., the world’s leading creator and distributor of visual content and digital media. Getty Images will now represent Uncensored Interview’s video archive of artists through its extensive editorial footage offering …
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