coming soon.. Google Video

John Battelle’s Searchblog: News: Google To Launch Online Video Playback This Monday I’ve confirmed that Monday Google will launch an in-browser video playback feature based on the open source VLC media player. This is the logical next step for Google’s video search and upload function, which began taking uploads from anyone who cared to submit […]

survery says: ppl happy to pay for music etc

from CNET News.com Study: iTunes more popular than many P2P sites The survey by market research firm NPD Group found that approximately 1.7 million U.S. households downloaded a song from iTunes in March. That was good enough to earn the store a second-place ranking with peer-to-peer downloading service LimeWire. The most popular digital music service […]

Usenet is the new P2P?

when they think you’re high-tech, go low-tech (William Gibson) Wired News: Want the Sith DVD? Go to Usenet Usenet newsgroups dedicated to piracy are seeing a resurgence in activity as file sharers seek less-policed areas of the internet to trade illegal data.

Yahoo forces RIAA staff cutbacks – Blog Maverick – http://www.blogmaverick.com _ The RIAA can no longer claim that students who are downloading music are costing them thousands of dollars each. They cant claim much of anything actually. In essence, Yahoo just turned possession of a controlled music substance into a misdemeanor. Payable by a $5 […]

"Piracy is Good?" or how the taste-leaders promote shows..

Mindjack – Piracy is Good? While you might assume the SciFi Channel saw a significant drop-off in viewership as a result of this piracy, it appears to have had the reverse effect: the series is so good that the few tens of thousands of people who watched downloaded versions told their friends to tune in […]

“Piracy is Good?” or how the taste-leaders promote shows..

Open Media Network

Open Media Network The Open Media Network is powered by Kontiki Grid Delivery technology. Kontiki provides a secure, commercial alternative to BitTorrent. Kontiki has been deployed by many producers for delivery of authorized content. Find out more at Kontiki. hmmm… anything is possible.. but somehow I don’t expect to see anything from Fox et al […]