Author: vanevery

Pogue sums up some of the things wrong with Google video

Google Video: Trash Mixed With Treasure – New York Times
From the article:
Google is surely aware of these limitations and has plans to address them. One aspect of Google Video, however, will not be so easily changed: its copy-protection scheme, a new one that Google wrote itself. You can’t burn the shows to a CD or DVD, and can’t play them back on portable players like iPods. In fact, most of the TV shows don’t play back at all without an active Internet connection, which, for most people, also rules out laptop playback on planes, trains and automobiles. This is sickening news for anyone who thought that two incompatible copy-protection schemes – Apple’s and Microsoft’s – were complex and sticky enough already. And compared with the ABC and NBC shows available on the iTunes store, the value of the CBS shows looks even worse.

Unique way to present a movie online

No Animals Were Hurt
A film about Alan Turing presented 1 frame per user at a time. You have to hit it on the right date or just after the 5000 viewer to see the whole thing.

Not sure why they are doing it this way but..

From the site:
Each unique visitor unlocks one frame, out of the total 5000. Each time 5000 is exceeded, the counter is reset, at which time a full version will be available for the next 24 hours. Currently, after 15946 visitors, the film is 19% its proper length.

AOL purchases Truveo, a video search company

Truveo Video Search
Hmmn.. I like the search engine. AOL was smart.
From the site:
Welcome to Truveo. We have spent the last couple years developing some new technology to find all of the best video on the web. Please try our video search engine and let us know what you think. Just type a query into the search box above or select one of the popular searches below.We are pleased to announce that Truveo is now part of AOL�. You can read more about this acquisition here.

Network Neutrality

Free Press : Press Release
From the report:
“Congress should enact tough new laws prohibiting cable and telephone companies from blocking consumer access to content and services on the Internet, bilking both consumers and Internet-based companies,” said Jeannine Kenney, senior policy analyst at Consumers Union, the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports magazine. “If they don’t, these big companies will use their market power to line their pockets by discriminating against competitors in favor of their own content and service offerings.”

I completely agree.

Hopefully, if Congress doesn’t do something, the marketplace will.

Here is an idea: http://www.freepress.net/news/13403