Whole World Band: Digital Recording Studio Whole World Band is a collaborative online music and video platform that enables anyone to collaborate with others to create music videos. The service was founded by Kevin Godley, a musician and music video director, and is accessible via a Web-based app available on the iPhone and iPad and on Windows and MacOS computers. Anyone can contribute to Whole World Band using just the camera and microphone in their computer or mobile device. The service enables users—whatever their level of musical ability—to record and perform with music legends and friends. Using Whole World Band, you can start a video-recording session that others may join, create your own personal video mix with up to six performers, and then share the results with your friends and fans via Facebook, Twitter, or YouTube. Users can also pay to collaborate with other musicians who Whole World Band: Digital Recording Studio Whole World Band is a collaborative online music and video platform that enables anyone to collaborate with others to create music videos. The service was founded by Kevin Godley, a musician and music video director, and is accessible via a Web-based app available on the iPhone and iPad and on Windows and MacOS computers. Anyone can contribute to Whole World Band using just the camera and microphone in their computer or mobile device. The service enables users—whatever their level of musical ability—to record and perform with music legends and friends. Using Whole World Band, you can start a video-recording session that others may join, create your own personal video mix with up to six performers, and then share the results with your friends and fans via Facebook, Twitter, or YouTube. Users can also pay to collaborate with to her musicians who
Critical Thinking Questions
1. Identify some of the challenges associated with building an information system infrastructure to support this new service. Would cloud computing be an appropriate solution to address these challenges? Why or why not?
2. Would Whole World Band be likely to employ SQL, No SQL, or a mix of both kinds of databases? Explain your answer.
3. Go to the Whole World Band Web site at www.whole worldband.com/about, and find its Terms of Use. Summarize the measures outlined to protect the unauthorized use of copyrighted material. Do you think these measures are adequate? Why or why not?