When Improv Everywhere released a new video this week, Gawker.TV’s coverage involved ripping the YouTube upload, editing out identifying marks, and reposting it using a Gawker.TV player. According to editor Richard Blakeley, it was “a mistake and an oversight.” Read More »
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Next week, a lawsuit challenging 2008′s Proposition 8, which banned gay marriage in the state of California, goes to trial in San Francisco court, and yesterday, a key preliminary issue of the case was resolved in an unprecedented and very Silicon Valley fashion. After being presented … Read More »
TiVo won a court order today that could cost Dish and Echostar $200 million in damages. From The Wall Street Journal: Judge David Folsom, presiding in federal court in Texas, awarded TiVo $2.25 per DVR subscriber per month from April 18, 2008, through July 1, … Read More »
A Comparison of Legal Terms from Different Hosting Services; what rights do you give up when posting to services like blip, Flickr or Dailymotion? (Advancing Usability) Report: Adobe’s DVRCast Launching Within a Week; product makes live video events instantly available on-demand, so you don’t have to … Read More »
DTV Delay-related News; according to Nielsen, more than 5.8 million U.S. homes (5.1 percent) are unprepared for the DTV switch (Nielsen Wire); the Consumer Electronics Association warns that the recent push back to the DTV switch could result in a shortage of converter boxes. (
Break to Show Full-length Films; company moves beyond clips in a bid to reach advertisers, movies available to include Ghostbusters, Men in Black and The Fifth Element. (MediaPost) Clearleap Gets $3.3 Million; company looking to a combo of set-top boxes and partnerships with TV service providers … Read More »
