"Protecting Creative Works in the Internet Age", with Mike Linksvayer, CTO of Creative Commons.

The Internet has made it relatively easy to distribute materials such as Microsoft Word® documents, Powerpoint® presentations, graphics files, and even podcasts over the internet. Email has been one distribution means, websites have offered another, and the growth of RSS feeds to help propogate both blog content and podcasts have created yet another wave. Individual creativity distributed over the internet is growing faster than ever, it seems, but until recently the only way to legally “mark” it as something you own was limited to marking it as “Copyrighted Material”. Unfortunately, this “one size fits all approach” is often too restrictive, making it effectively illegal even to download something marked as “Copyrighted”, except for the so-called (and, to many, confusing) “fair use” provisions of the law. In this week’s episode of Stranova, “tune in” to learn how in just a few years of existence the innovative non-profit enterprise Creative Commons has changed all that, through its introduction of “common sense” legal “creative work” licenses that make it easier to distribute your creative works as broadly as you want, while still retaining the legal rights you may may need.

Stranova Strategic Edge Vol. 12, published August 14, 2006. "The Podcasting Business, 2006". Almost 6 years after the original concept of podcasting was first formally proposed, and just over one year after Apple announced iTunes would list and help promote podcasts created by just about anyone, the business of podcasting is hotter than ever. Our current reflective podcast on our own industry, offered exactly one year after Stranova’s first interview series was launched, provides insights on how this all came to be, where it’s heading, and some tips on how to make it work most effectively for you.

Stranova Strategic Edge Vol. 12, published August 14, 2006. "The Podcasting Business, 2006". Almost 6 years after the original concept of podcasting was first formally proposed, and just over one year after Apple announced iTunes would list and help promote podcasts created by just about anyone, the business of podcasting is hotter than ever. Our current reflective podcast on our own industry, offered exactly one year after Stranova’s first interview series was launched, provides insights on how this all came to be, where it’s heading, and some tips on how to make it work most effectively for you.

“Voices from 2020”, with Bill Veltrop and Firehawk.

In this episode of Stranova’s interview series, we take you to the year 2020, in a time where business has been transformed in radical ways, leaders in all walks of life operate on a more systemic level than ever before, and even the whole concept of leadership has been raised to an entirely new level. In this “preview” of our new podcast series “Voices from 2020”, learn how the many choices we are making new could lead to a transformational “brave new world” of business – and organizational life – in less than two decades.

"A Modern Geoscope", with Bonnie DeVarco and David McConville.

Today's interview features guests Bonnie DeVarco, digital visual artist and former archivist for Buckminster Fuller’s papers, and David McConville, also a visual artist and co-founder of “The Elumenati” (at www.elumenati.com), a firm specializing in the design of immersive visual environments. Since 1962 when Buckminster Fuller first went public with the idea of a Geoscope, many have been fascinated with his vision for a “giant, 200-foot diameter, miniature earth” that would provide an “electronic” visual representation of everything from weather to the various ways we human beings impact our “Spaceship Earth” on a daily basis. Listen to this week’s interview to learn how, thanks to a creative re-visioning of his concept and the application of the latest digital visualization technologies, Fuller’s Geoscope will be coming to life soon in ways far more powerful than his own original conception.

Stranova Strategic Edge Vol. 11, published July 17, 2006. "High Fashion meets the World of Internet Retailing". Up until very recent times, the high fashion industry sold its goods exclusively through a network of small company-owned stores and high-end resellers such as Neiman-Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue. Increased sales were created principally by adding more product lines, which tended to increase as much expense and inventory issues as anything else. With the growth and rapid maturation of internet selling has come a unique opportunity, however, to expand high fashion retail sales both through an entirely new class of online resellers as well as innovative “boutique” web storefronts for the resellers themselves. Listen and learn how 2006 looks to be the “breakout year” for this new class of high fashion salesmanship.

Stranova Strategic Edge Vol. 11, published July 17, 2006. "High Fashion meets the World of Internet Retailing". Up until very recent times, the high fashion industry sold its goods exclusively through a network of small company-owned stores and high-end resellers such as Neiman-Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue. Increased sales were created principally by adding more product lines, which tended to increase as much expense and inventory issues as anything else. With the growth and rapid maturation of internet selling has come a unique opportunity, however, to expand high fashion retail sales both through an entirely new class of online resellers as well as innovative “boutique” web storefronts for the resellers themselves. Listen and learn how 2006 looks to be the “breakout year” for this new class of high fashion salesmanship.

"Creating Regional Wealth in the Innovation Economy", with Jeff Saperstein

While most of us in the so-called developed countries rest on our laurels, regions such as India, China, Taiwan, Singapore, Ireland, and Israel, among others, are surprising us with unexpected rapid economic growth. They’ve learned to leverage the power of communications in the information age, rapid learning often supported by a joint public/private partnership within the countries, and strong business relationships with the rest of the world.

Our current episode explains a bit about how all this has come to pass, along with some interesting predictions of what other countries may be emerging soon that will join this list as some of the fastest-growing and technology-savvy in the world.

"Creating Regional Wealth in the Innovation Economy", with Jeff Saperstein

While most of us in the so-called developed countries rest on our laurels, regions such as India, China, Taiwan, Singapore, Ireland, and Israel, among others, are surprising us with unexpected rapid economic growth. They’ve learned to leverage the power of communications in the information age, rapid learning often supported by a joint public/private partnership within the countries, and strong business relationships with the rest of the world.

Our current episode explains a bit about how all this has come to pass, along with some interesting predictions of what other countries may be emerging soon that will join this list as some of the fastest-growing and technology-savvy in the world.

Stranova Strategic Edge, Vol. 10, Published June 19, 2006. The problem of identity theft, where criminals and hackers gain access to your personal credit information and grossly abuse it, is growing rapidly, to the point that an estimated 10 million Americans have been victimized by this in some way. This episode of Stranova Strategic Edge points to some of the “whys” behind this as well as what kinds of businesses are emerging – and thriving – because of this growing “information age” crime.