JC in business news and on CNN!
Mar. 1st, 2004 07:34 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
foxmonkeyWell, my journal will be back to normal soon. JC's first week is winding down. Except that numbers start coming in today. I won't be spamming with those, though. I don't know if I could stand it! Anyway.
An article about music downloads and the business behind new software. From![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
charlidos, from orlandobizjournals.com.
Got music? New Web site offers artists copyright protection
On-site software allows music to be downloaded once, with no additional copying
Cindy Barth
Managing Editor
APOPKA -- As the music industry scurries to clamp a lid on illegal Internet music downloads, Dot Com Ventures Inc. is poised to launch a Web site protecting the copyrights of artists.
The first artist to sign on: 'N Sync's J.C. Chasez, whose new debut solo release, Schizophrenic, will be featured on the site.
"The idea is to offer artists a protected site where people can listen to their music and download the whole album -- but can't make extra copies of the music," says Ernie Falco, a partner in Dot Com Ventures.
The site, MusicFreedom.com, is the brainchild of Falco and Ryan Totka, co-founders of Internet consulting firm TornadoPromotions.com, and Bill Marquez, co-founder of Internet search engine Netster.com.
The idea took shape after Falco and Totka met Chasez, who was looking to record a solo album and build a Web site featuring it.
Falco and Totka had established a track record for building Web sites around famous people. Among clients of their TornadoPromotions.com are such well-known names as basketball superstar LeBron James, the St. Louis Rams' Marshall Faulk and former Chicago Bears lineman William "The Refrigerator" Perry.
"These guys know their stuff," says Adam Plotkin, president of the National Association of Professional Athletes (NOPA), which represents more than 4,000 retired and current professional athletes. "Our clients (with TornadoPromotions.com Web sites) have been right at the top of search lists every single time. They exceeded all our expectations."
Dot Com Ventures originally was conceived as another entrepreneurial effort: a means of developing a search engine comparable to Google.
"Then when we met J.C. and he explained what he was looking to do, we realized this would be a great opportunity for that, as well," Totka says.
The proprietary MusicFreedom.com technology created by Marquez prohibits unauthorized copying once music is downloaded from the site.
Artists who want to be part of the site will pay a monthly fee to Dot Com Ventures. Web surfers who want to download music then will pay a per-album-downloaded fee.
Eventually, Falco says he plans to include an online retail store on the site with merchandise related to the artists.
"I think when artists see what we have and the amount of traffic that can be driven to this site, we'll grow even more than we are right now," he says.
"And business is exploding even now."
And a MEGAhuge shoutout tofuskeez for transcribing JC on CNN!
JC on CNN Headline News 2/29 - Transcript
Candy sez: "It was the same interview junket as ET on VH1 - baby blue jacket."
Anchor: "Well he's used to being nsync with other musicians, now JC Chasez is striking out on his own. Denise Kwan caught up with him in los angeles."
Kwan Voice Over: "Two years ago, JC Chasez swore he'd never release a solo album."
JC: "For a while I just wanted to take time off. Everybody's like, 'when are you gonna cut a record?' and I told them I wasn't, because I wasn't in the right space in my mind."
Kwan VO: "It's an nsync star's prerogative to change his mind."
JC: "The record's called schizophrenic because I'm a NUT."
Kwan VO: "As a member of NSYNC, JC Chasez is used to a whirlwind schedule, but now the 27 year old heartthrob is doing it on his own."
[footage of the Tower Records signing]
Fan: "Oh my god, I'm out here to see JC! Waaaaaah!!"
Kwan VO: "From TRL to On-Air with Ryan Seacrest to a cramped hotel room with us, the former Mousketeer has been burning up frequent flyer miles like a political candidate in training."
JC: (at Tower signing) "There's a presidential election going on and they're in a different state every day and I've got a record coming out and I'm in a different state every day."
[play the opening of "If You Were My Girl" in the background]
Kwan VO: "But one campaign stop he didn't make was at the NFL Pro Bowl. An invitation to perform at halftime was revoked after Janet Jackson and his NSYNC colleague Justin Timberlake ran abreast of the Super Bowl censors one week earlier."
JC: "What I was gonna do for the Pro Bowl was something totally different than what happened at the Super Bowl. What am I gonna do, repeat? Do the same thing? That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard."
[show footage of the pop odyssey tour]
Kwan VO: "Chasez says there are plans to hit the studio with Timberlake and the rest of his nsync buddies later this year."
JC: "J's done his solo thing and I've done my solo thing and they say, 'well you guys got to be so creative on your own' and everything like that. Well, that's what's gonna make the next NSYNC record better anyways."
Kwan VO: "In the meantime, Chasez is relishing the opportunity to put his own musical mark on the charts, co-writing all of Schizophrenic, 17 eclectic tracks."
JC: "This is my record, so I don't have to worry about what other people think. I'm willing to stand on my own two feet with it, otherwise it wouldn't be my record."
Kwan: (during interview, to JC) "I've been reading some really good reviews. Good luck with it." (she's very smiley-happy-giddy)
JC: "Thank you very much."
Kwan: "Thank you so much, JC."
JC: (holding up his cd to the camera) "That's the done deal."
An article about music downloads and the business behind new software. From
charlidos, from orlandobizjournals.com.Got music? New Web site offers artists copyright protection
On-site software allows music to be downloaded once, with no additional copying
Cindy Barth
Managing Editor
APOPKA -- As the music industry scurries to clamp a lid on illegal Internet music downloads, Dot Com Ventures Inc. is poised to launch a Web site protecting the copyrights of artists.
The first artist to sign on: 'N Sync's J.C. Chasez, whose new debut solo release, Schizophrenic, will be featured on the site.
"The idea is to offer artists a protected site where people can listen to their music and download the whole album -- but can't make extra copies of the music," says Ernie Falco, a partner in Dot Com Ventures.
The site, MusicFreedom.com, is the brainchild of Falco and Ryan Totka, co-founders of Internet consulting firm TornadoPromotions.com, and Bill Marquez, co-founder of Internet search engine Netster.com.
The idea took shape after Falco and Totka met Chasez, who was looking to record a solo album and build a Web site featuring it.
Falco and Totka had established a track record for building Web sites around famous people. Among clients of their TornadoPromotions.com are such well-known names as basketball superstar LeBron James, the St. Louis Rams' Marshall Faulk and former Chicago Bears lineman William "The Refrigerator" Perry.
"These guys know their stuff," says Adam Plotkin, president of the National Association of Professional Athletes (NOPA), which represents more than 4,000 retired and current professional athletes. "Our clients (with TornadoPromotions.com Web sites) have been right at the top of search lists every single time. They exceeded all our expectations."
Dot Com Ventures originally was conceived as another entrepreneurial effort: a means of developing a search engine comparable to Google.
"Then when we met J.C. and he explained what he was looking to do, we realized this would be a great opportunity for that, as well," Totka says.
The proprietary MusicFreedom.com technology created by Marquez prohibits unauthorized copying once music is downloaded from the site.
Artists who want to be part of the site will pay a monthly fee to Dot Com Ventures. Web surfers who want to download music then will pay a per-album-downloaded fee.
Eventually, Falco says he plans to include an online retail store on the site with merchandise related to the artists.
"I think when artists see what we have and the amount of traffic that can be driven to this site, we'll grow even more than we are right now," he says.
"And business is exploding even now."
And a MEGAhuge shoutout to
fuskeez for transcribing JC on CNN!JC on CNN Headline News 2/29 - Transcript
Candy sez: "It was the same interview junket as ET on VH1 - baby blue jacket."
Anchor: "Well he's used to being nsync with other musicians, now JC Chasez is striking out on his own. Denise Kwan caught up with him in los angeles."
Kwan Voice Over: "Two years ago, JC Chasez swore he'd never release a solo album."
JC: "For a while I just wanted to take time off. Everybody's like, 'when are you gonna cut a record?' and I told them I wasn't, because I wasn't in the right space in my mind."
Kwan VO: "It's an nsync star's prerogative to change his mind."
JC: "The record's called schizophrenic because I'm a NUT."
Kwan VO: "As a member of NSYNC, JC Chasez is used to a whirlwind schedule, but now the 27 year old heartthrob is doing it on his own."
[footage of the Tower Records signing]
Fan: "Oh my god, I'm out here to see JC! Waaaaaah!!"
Kwan VO: "From TRL to On-Air with Ryan Seacrest to a cramped hotel room with us, the former Mousketeer has been burning up frequent flyer miles like a political candidate in training."
JC: (at Tower signing) "There's a presidential election going on and they're in a different state every day and I've got a record coming out and I'm in a different state every day."
[play the opening of "If You Were My Girl" in the background]
Kwan VO: "But one campaign stop he didn't make was at the NFL Pro Bowl. An invitation to perform at halftime was revoked after Janet Jackson and his NSYNC colleague Justin Timberlake ran abreast of the Super Bowl censors one week earlier."
JC: "What I was gonna do for the Pro Bowl was something totally different than what happened at the Super Bowl. What am I gonna do, repeat? Do the same thing? That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard."
[show footage of the pop odyssey tour]
Kwan VO: "Chasez says there are plans to hit the studio with Timberlake and the rest of his nsync buddies later this year."
JC: "J's done his solo thing and I've done my solo thing and they say, 'well you guys got to be so creative on your own' and everything like that. Well, that's what's gonna make the next NSYNC record better anyways."
Kwan VO: "In the meantime, Chasez is relishing the opportunity to put his own musical mark on the charts, co-writing all of Schizophrenic, 17 eclectic tracks."
JC: "This is my record, so I don't have to worry about what other people think. I'm willing to stand on my own two feet with it, otherwise it wouldn't be my record."
Kwan: (during interview, to JC) "I've been reading some really good reviews. Good luck with it." (she's very smiley-happy-giddy)
JC: "Thank you very much."
Kwan: "Thank you so much, JC."
JC: (holding up his cd to the camera) "That's the done deal."
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Date: 2004-03-01 05:35 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-03-01 09:14 am (UTC)An invitation to perform at halftime was revoked after Janet Jackson and his NSYNC colleague Justin Timberlake ran abreast of the Super Bowl censors one week earlier.
She said, "abreast." ::giggles uncontrollably::
Also, that is the done deal, baby!