Comments on: Y Combinator Challenge #1: A cure for the disease of which the RIAA is a symptom http://astartupaday.com/2008/07/21/y-combinator-challenge-1-a-cure-for-the-disease-of-which-the-riaa-is-a-symptom/ Each day I'll post an idea for a new Web 2.0 startup Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:13:45 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: gene t http://astartupaday.com/2008/07/21/y-combinator-challenge-1-a-cure-for-the-disease-of-which-the-riaa-is-a-symptom/#comment-3386 gene t Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:02:55 +0000 http://astartupaday.wordpress.com/2008/07/21/y-combinator-challenge-1-a-cure-for-the-disease-of-which-the-riaa-is-a-symptom/#comment-3386 ok, i was thinking of : http://www.hsx.com/ http://amiestreet.com/page/about I'm trying to think of what this type of mechanism is to financial types, it's not a Dutch auction, exactly ok, i was thinking of :

http://www.hsx.com/

http://amiestreet.com/page/about

I’m trying to think of what this type of mechanism is to financial types, it’s not a Dutch auction, exactly

]]> By: astartupaday http://astartupaday.com/2008/07/21/y-combinator-challenge-1-a-cure-for-the-disease-of-which-the-riaa-is-a-symptom/#comment-3385 astartupaday Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:40:23 +0000 http://astartupaday.wordpress.com/2008/07/21/y-combinator-challenge-1-a-cure-for-the-disease-of-which-the-riaa-is-a-symptom/#comment-3385 gene - (you may have been the one who pointed this out over on the ycom news site...so apologies for the copy/paste job) Thanks for the link, that's pretty much exactly the idea that I was picturing in my head! I gotta check that site out, sounds like good times. To be honest, I generally try to stay away from music-related ideas on my blog, 'cause I feel like there are so many music sites out there that it's pretty difficult to come up with something that is A) original B) useful C) profitable and D) legal gene – (you may have been the one who pointed this out over on the ycom news site…so apologies for the copy/paste job)

Thanks for the link, that’s pretty much exactly the idea that I was picturing in my head! I gotta check that site out, sounds like good times. To be honest, I generally try to stay away from music-related ideas on my blog, ’cause I feel like there are so many music sites out there that it’s pretty difficult to come up with something that is A) original B) useful C) profitable and D) legal

]]> By: gene t http://astartupaday.com/2008/07/21/y-combinator-challenge-1-a-cure-for-the-disease-of-which-the-riaa-is-a-symptom/#comment-3382 gene t Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:50:10 +0000 http://astartupaday.wordpress.com/2008/07/21/y-combinator-challenge-1-a-cure-for-the-disease-of-which-the-riaa-is-a-symptom/#comment-3382 i remember seeing something like this rolled out, stock exchange/futures for emerging music , albums and artists, with the reward for picking the right music/artists being downloads of music. But i can't google the tubes so well this AM. sixtyone is sort of like that http://www.thesixtyone.com/static/about/ i remember seeing something like this rolled out, stock exchange/futures for emerging music , albums and artists, with the reward for picking the right music/artists being downloads of music. But i can’t google the tubes so well this AM.

sixtyone is sort of like that

http://www.thesixtyone.com/static/about/

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