by Scott on May 8, 2008
YouTomb documents copyright takedowns on YouTube.
YouTomb is a research project by MIT Free Culture that tracks videos taken down from YouTube for alleged copyright violation.
More specifically, YouTomb continually monitors the most popular videos on YouTube for copyright-related takedowns. Any information available in the metadata is retained, including who issued the complaint and how long the video was up before takedown. The goal of the project is to identify how YouTube recognizes potential copyright violations as well as to aggregate mistakes made by the algorithm.
by Scott on May 8, 2008
Major studios announce day-date DVD/VOD/iTunes releases, and Apple is going to lose a dollar on each movie it sells. Don’t worry, they’ll make up for it on volume.
Video game industry thriving, despite piracy.
Apple buys chip designer P.A. Semiconductor, who just happen to design low-power processors for things like hand-held, portable devices.
NBC is apparently going to get it’s Silverlight on for the 2008 Olympics.
Adobe opens up the .swf and .flv file formats with it’s Openscreen initiative, as well as dropping licensing fees for Flash-on-devices.
With Open Screen Adobe is also launching an open source porting project to port the Flash player to new devices. This is particularly exciting in the mobile space, where certain carriers haven’t wanted to put the Flash Lite Player on their devices despite popular demand from the community. That’s right, iPhone - you’re on notice.
This counters Microsoft’s deal with Nokia to put Silverlight on future devices. Apple is not a participant.
Interesting idea, if not very plausible: If “3G iPhone” isn’t an “iPhone”, could it be available to providers other than ATT?
Fora TV raises a few million in in venture capital.
Benten Films is a very cool DVD label.
Dish Network is testing mobile TV.
