All eyes and ear were on the Supreme Court today as justices heard arguments in the file sharing case. I’m not sure which way the file sharing wind will blow. But it does strike me as rather sad that the record labels weren’t quick enough to see file sharing as a market opportunity instead of market threat.

I see the same thing happening when it comes to blogs and newspapers.

Embrace the force. There’s money in this business, folks.

How do you know that the Schiavo debacle has reached rock bottom?

That’s an easy one: Jesse Jackson has arrived.

For the record, if I am ever in the unfortunate position of being on life support, I’d rather look up and see Michael Jackson than Jesse Jackson. At the very least, please give me a public advocate who still sort of matters.

By the way, has anyone else been totally irritated that the 24 hour news channels keep interrupting the hospice vigil coverage just to give us updates on some earthquake?

We really do live in ridiculous times.

Om Malik has a good piece on How Yahoo got its mojo back.

The key for Yahoo, I think, is to lose the Google-envy (which may have already happened) and to focus on what they do well and better than Google (which is still a lot). I still think Yahoo is better positioned to be one of the real power centers of the web as media types converge. For example, I’d give them the edge when it comes to video search. That’s not to say the Google’s search will not work as well or better. But Yahoo is better positioned to work with big media and big advertisers to monetize that content with something other than ad words. Why? Because they’ve been developing and executing on these relationships for years.

Yahoo was out in front when it comes to the adoption of RSS. I’m not sure you can even compare Google News with Yahoo’s suite of offerings. On the other hand, when I search for news, I’m all about Google.

It will be interesting to see which company thrives in what areas. A lot of the story will be telegraphed by which acquisitions each company makes. It’s fun to be a user these days, eh?

Who would you rather be stuck at a cocktail party with: The placard carrying protestors outside Terry Schiavo’s hospice or the Jacko supporters outside the Santa Barbara courtroom?

Either way, you better drink with both hands…

Far be it for me to question Chris Matthews’ plan to turn the whole world into fair game (subtle connection to the Cindy Crawford movie by that title excepted), but does MSNBC’s latest Hardball ad campaign tell us anything about the selling of political news? Are people a bit tired of the ranting and raving given that this is the election off-season? Is politics no longer a hot enough topic to draw a crowd?

Or is it simply that the whole world is the closest they could come to finding a worth opponent for Chris?