business model innovation design we're on a road to nowhere // on a quest to analyze and explore the design of business model innovations, i.e. 'hideous and hidden things' like organizational structures and capabilities, corporate strategies and all things related // on a yellow brick road with a girl, a lion and a straw-man wasting our time // …

Update on Mashboxx, Peer Impact etc …

Four years after it shuttered the original Napster with a legal assault, the recording industry is taking a different approach to online file-swapping: If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em.

notice the distribution scheme of Peer Impact:

Users have to pay for each track they download, but sharing songs they’ve purchased from Peer Impact earns them credits they can spend on the service.

read more at Wired News