http://sebastiansfactory.com/blog Sun, 20 Jan 2008 14:10:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Portfolio recently published the best article I've read to date on the state of Hollywood's nascent war with digital pirating. It looks like it's 1996 all over again. Only this time it's not the music industry versus Napster. Instead it's Sony, Universal, Activision, Disney, Warner Brothers, ... http://sebastiansfactory.com/blog/2008/01/20/media-pirates-ahoy/ Uh oh! Gulp. Here they come. An article in the LA Times describes efforts by several striking WGA writers to form their own web production companies and circumvent the Hollywood machine for the creation and distribution of online content. We all knew this was coming. It was ... http://sebastiansfactory.com/blog/2008/01/16/wga-terminator-rise-of-the-web-production-companies/ Ah, temptation. Apple, why do you taunt me so? I only have so many dollars, and so much room in my tiny Brooklyn apartment. Alright, alright, Apple, I know what you are going to say, "But surely, Athena, you have enough room for the world's thinnest laptop! ... http://sebastiansfactory.com/blog/2008/01/16/so-eve-says-to-adam/ A survey conducted by the Pew Internet & American Life Project reports that daily traffic to video sharing sites like YouTube has doubled in the past year.  15% of respondents to the survey said they had used a video-sharing site "yesterday."  Last year that number was 8%. It's fun as an ... http://sebastiansfactory.com/blog/2008/01/10/video-sharing-up-entertainment-industry-down/ Welcome to the blog for Sebastian's Factory.  We are a small yet ambitious production company located in Brooklyn, NY.  We specialize in creating original internet shows from the ground up: we write, direct, edit, animate, design and handle post-production.  The Factory is led by Emmy Award-winning director and animator Sebastian ... http://sebastiansfactory.com/blog/2008/01/08/welcome/