‘proprietary’ content blocked from live streaming video during PDC 2005 keynote |
In a move that’s certain to annoy those watching the PDC 2005 Bill Gates keynote via the Live web streaming. The problem, as shown above, was that Gates wants to show off something … but the rest of us who aren’t there don’t get to see it. What’s up with that? Why have a live streaming event where you edit out the good parts?
Can I have some chocolate chip cookies without the chocolate chips, Uncle Bill? Why stream the keynote at all if it’s going to edit out “proprietary stuff.” This is the same old Microsoft.
Compare and contrast to Apple that not only webcasted the event, but didn’t edit out any of the presentation. Scoble and other Microsofties will probably try to cover for this move, but this is just lame.
And now Bill comes back and there is a loud applause. Leaving the rest of us watching the Live Webcast saying: WTF?
I guess I’ll just have to go read the PDC Bloggers to find out what I wasn’t allowed to see … puh-lease. Whoever came up with this idea should be demoted, fired, or at least forced to run out to every blog that complains about this and say, “I’m sorry, bad move!”
tags: pdc05, Microsoft, Bill+Gates, PDC+keynote
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My guess: the video used commercial music that Microsoft would have to license in order to broadcast/webcast. By cutting music out of the webcast, Microsoft doesn’t have to pay the musicians worldwide royalties for playing the song.
Unless, you know, I’m completely wrong.
Comment by Sandy McMurray — September 14, 2005 @ 11:55 am PST