In this episode I immediattely get my blind eyes corrected in regards to my opinions about community generated content. I now see the light — Community-based content development has a brighter future than I have ever given it credit, and is, in fact, the past, present, and future of a successful business on the internet.

Couple communities with the ability that services such as Amazon’s S3 provide to quickly and cheaply develop and test new ideas without need for significant venture capital and, in my opinion, the result of locking down content with DRM-like controls will be that of locking you out of, instead if into, the market.

Does Scoble agree?

Listen to Sam Roberts lead you into and out of the answer in this second of three episodes of Scoble and the SLC Geeks, available now in MP3, WMA, and OGG formats.

Update: QuotationsPage.com, run by Michael and Laura Moncur [photo, Michael’s blog], is the primary topic that led the focus of this conversation.

Michael, Laura: Truly FANTASTIC and VALUABLE information you’ve provided for the rest of us. Thanks! :D
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NOTE: To save you the hassle of locating the related threads, I posted part one of this series yesterday morning.
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Update: Worth noting are the lyrics to the chosen intro and exit for this edition: Sam Roberts “The Gate” from his recently released album, Chemical City.

My favorite line,

“Chemical City isn’t all that you need but it’s all that you’re getting and they’ve hidden the key”

You can both listen to sample tracks, and purchase this album on Amazon.com, as well as the above ‘Chemical City’ link. If you don’t already have Sam Roberts at the top of your ‘MUST HAVE IN MY COLLECTION’ list of artists, my guess is that a few tracks into listening to his latest album, or ANY of his prior albums, will quickly change that.

A Canadian born rocker, who’s understanding of human responsibilty and the need for change has left me wishing I was him on more than one occassion ;) Alongside folks like Eddie Vedder and Pearl Jam, Sam is one of the truly great *ALL AMERICAN ROCK STARS* who represents himself as a truly inspiring and thought provoking voice of our generation. (Yes, I realize he’s Canadian. Canadians live in the Americas too, you know? Err, I mean, Eh? ;))