Oscar Night Irony

On the heals of Livestream’s open letter to the industry about piracy of live streamed content, it wasn’t long before a quinticential example pops up.

While ABC initially cut off access to Cablevision during their dispute (access was restored at approximately 8:45PM EST, disgruntled viewers are turning to the web for their OSCAR content. In [...]

Livestream Issues Open Letter on Piracy

Today, live streaming provider Livestream issued an open letter on their blog, announcing their Zero Tolerance policy on piracy.

In a nut shell, they’ve got a zero tolerance policy on piracy. The open letter, which we obviously support wholeheartedly, was written by CEO Max Hoat to inform their customers, advertisers, partners, policy makers and competitors [...]

Stream the Olympics Over Your Own VPN

A little technical knowledge will go a long way. Our friends at BusinessInsider.com walk you through the steps of setting up your own Virtual Private Network (VPN) to get around that pesky Olympic Firewall that is preventing us from enjoying the events live.

The 4CHAN vs YouTube Porno Battle Royale

Well, I don’t really know what to make of this, but couldn’t ignore it either. I’m pretty sure it doesn’t end well. For whom, I’m not sure.

4Chan is launching a cyber protest against the online video behemoth, YouTube, for cancelling a user’s account.

The bulletin board site is inviting people to open anonymous accounts [...]

Maddow Segment on Online Videos

Fans of Rachel Maddow know that she’s a fan of quirky web video. Tonight she wrapped up her show with a segment on the lip-sync video battle between two high schools in Washington.

Hopefully the record labels will let these kids have their fun. On Dec. 5th, Ryan Lawler at NewTeeVee reported:

A few years [...]