Recently, I re-tweeted an article on the challenges Flipboard is facing with respect to potential publisher copyright infringement (see “Flipboard CEO’s claim: We’re not building a business “on the backs of publishers”).  In my re-tweet I made the comment “Not Good!” which obviously irked Mike McCue as he responded with a “Not True” comment on my re-tweet.

As I pondered Mike’s comment, I thought I should clarify my position on this, as it may have been misconstrued.

Over the past four months or so, two companies have literally become household names in the broadcast television industry.  While most companies achieve this level of notoriety through the development of a disruptive technology or new consumer craze, both ivi and FilmOn have achieved it through an obvious disregard of US copyright, re-transmission consent and a host of other laws or rulings designed to protect both content owners and consumers.

Love them or hate them, use them or don’t, applications have taken the mobile industry by storm and demonstrate that mobile communication is more than just telephony and email. 

I recently discovered a company down in the Bay Area called Zoove (www.zoove.com).  Well, saying I discovered them is a stretch as they’ve been around for a number of years quietly building a compelling direct response mobile marketing service.

No, I’m not talking about the Mariner’s 2010 season (don’t even get me started), but rather Google’s much-hyped attempt to get into the living room with Google TV.