5 million Star Trek pirates vs. 1 FCC broadband plan: Via Law & Disorder Section - Ars Technica.
Paramount Pictures says that, in the months following the theatrical release of Star Trek, the media company tracked more than five million IP addresses that downloaded one of six camcorded copies of the movie. The first was in Russian, but it was followed by editions from the Philippines, the Ukraine, Spain, Germany, and finally the United States. Who does Paramount blame for this? Pretty much the entire Internet, it seems, including google.com, youtube.com, Microsoft's bing.com, yahoo.com, and, of course, millions of 'Net users.
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Copyright Protection of Digital Television: The "Broadcast Flag" | Via Congressional Research Reports :
Congressional Research Report from 2005 - http://opencrs.cdt.org/document/RS22106
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Report: new Fairness Doctrine would face high legal hurdle: Via Law & Disorder Section - Ars Technica
Is Congress going to introduce a bill calling for the restoration of the Fairness Doctrine? Dark predictions continue to emanate from various experts auguring an attempt to revive it. But according to the Library of Congress' Thomas guide on Congressional action, the only active Fairness Doctrine-related bills in the House and Senate would bar the FCC from ever bringing the policy back again.
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FCC Delays Vote On Cable TV Regulation - Via Slashdot:
Tech.Luver recommends a story unfolding at the FCC, where Chairman Kevin Martin delayed a vote on a report that would open the door to more agency control over the cable television industry. Analysts say that Martin lacked support to pass the measure. read more... »
Internet Video Copyright Laws Recap: In light of the recent TVLinks shut-down in the UK, I thought we should take a look at the many other cases of lawsuits and shut-downs pertaining to copyright violations on video sites that we have covered here on WebTVWire.
Many sites which link to pirated and copyrighted material on the web have been threatened, and in most cases successfully stopped from the copyright violations they were involved in.
Here are a few discussions on the subject:- read more... »
Google Partner With Nielsen Ratings To Measure Ad Numbers And Demographics: " Google have announced they are to partner with Nielsen, the company which measures television ratings across various demographics.
Nielsen has set top boxes in a large number of American households, and these will now be used to see how many people watch the television adverts that Google sell.
This is an agreement designed to help companies who have already purchased Google ads determine what sort of value for money they are getting, as well as entice potential new advertisers in to signing up with the company. read more... »
Convenience Wins, Hubris Loses and Content vs. Context, a Presentation for Some Music Industry Friends at FISTFULAYEN: "Yahoo! Music demonstrates this scale discrepancy perfectly. Yahoo! is the world's #1 Internet destination. Hundreds of millions of people visit Yahoo! each month. Yahoo! Music is the #1 Music site on the Web, with tens of millions of monthly visitors. Between 10 and 20 million people watch music videos on Yahoo! Music every month. Between 5 and 10 million people listen to radio on Yahoo! Music every month. But the ENTIRE subscription music market (including Rhapsody, Napster, and Yahoo!) is in the low millions (sorry, we don't release subscriber numbers, but the aggregate number proves the point), even after years of marketing by all three companies. When you compare the experiences on Yahoo! Music, the order of magnitude difference in opportunity shouldn't be a surprise: read more... »
YouTube Vlogging Down 19% | Blip.tv & Indie Sites Skyrocket: More vloggers are setting up their own video blogs on independent blogging platforms, causing an overall decrease in the percentage of vlogs on YouTube, according to a quarterly Mefeedia survey.
The number of independent vlogsites are up a total of 7% this quarter. The popular vlogging platform Blip.tv seems to have benefited the most from this shift, registering a 17% rise in just three months and now hosting 56% more vloggers than YouTube. read more... »
Beginner's Guide to HDTV - HDTV Guide, Comparison & Reviews | YouReviewElectronics.com: "One of the biggest and fastest growing trends in electronics is High-Definition (HD) Television. Since the advent of color TV, there haven't been many revolutionary advances when it comes to televisions. TV's are one of the most popular and commonly used electronic devices in most households but we've been subjected to low quality TV signals for years now. Poor quality signals and old tube TV's are slowly dying and HDTV is the hot new trend. But if you've ever been shopping for a new TV or HD service you'll know there are many confusing high tech terms and features. Before you go shopping and possibly spend thousands of dollars on a new high-tech TV, learn some of the basics of HDTV so you know what you're shopping for. read more... »
The State of Wireless HDMI and WirelessHD: "HD television may be the wave of the future, but it's a future that's still cluttered by messy wires. Fortunately there are two competing technologies aimed at wirelessly connecting HDTVs to our entertainment setups: Wireless HDMI and WirelessHD. We checked in with the major players in this developing arena to get the scoop on their forthcoming product features and timelines.
Wireless HDMI is exactly what it sounds like: a 'high definition multimedia interface' (HDMI) free of cables. Wireless HDMI is not a standard itself, although its backers say that implementations can be non-proprietary when deployed using Ultrawideband (UWB) under the WiMedia standard. read more... »