Thomas Koeppen Blog » video http://thomaskoeppen.com steady for every message Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:08:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc Social Media Report – Online Video at Risk of Private Censorship http://thomaskoeppen.com/2008/01/04/social-media-report-online-video-at-risk-of-private-censorship/ http://thomaskoeppen.com/2008/01/04/social-media-report-online-video-at-risk-of-private-censorship/#comments Fri, 04 Jan 2008 13:33:53 +0000 thomas http://blog.thomaskoeppen.com/display/blog/2008/01/04/Social+Media+Report+-+Online+Video+at+Risk+of+Private+Censorship The Center for Social Media at American University recently released a report on fair use and internet media titled: Recut, Reframe, Recycle.

The co-authors, Professors Pat Aufderheide and Peter Jaszi, shows that many uses of copyrighted material in today’s online videos are eligible for fair use consideration.

The study points to a wide variety of practices—satire, parody, negative and positive commentary, discussion-triggers, illustration, diaries, archiving and of course, pastiche or collage (remixes and mashups)—all of which could be legal in some circumstances.

The report looks at a variety of examples of online media that are all eligible for fair use, which is the section of US copyright law that allows creators to freely use copyrighted work, under specific circumstances. While the authors note copyright as a generally positive thing for creators, they fear automated copyright protection is a threat to legal (fair) uses of these materials.

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]]> http://thomaskoeppen.com/2008/01/04/social-media-report-online-video-at-risk-of-private-censorship/feed/ 0 Miro 1.0 – Turn your computer into an internet TV. http://thomaskoeppen.com/2008/01/04/miro-10-turn-your-computer-into-an-internet-tv/ http://thomaskoeppen.com/2008/01/04/miro-10-turn-your-computer-into-an-internet-tv/#comments Fri, 04 Jan 2008 13:32:09 +0000 thomas http://blog.thomaskoeppen.com/display/blog/2007/12/25/Miro+1.0+-+Turn+your+computer+into+an+internet+TV. Miro is a great application to watch free internet video channels and play any video file.
The greates news is, that miro runs nearly without issues under Linux (tested with Ubuntu).

Compare Miro vs. Joost

Miro Joost
VIEWER ACCESS Access to any publisher with video RSS feeds, including anyone on YouTube, Revver, Blip, and many, many more. Access only to Joost-distributed content.
CREATOR ACCESS Open to any creator or publisher via RSS, direct download, or free hosting. Must be selected by Joost, must sign contract.
DRM No DRM. All content has DRM.
SEARCH Search YouTube, Daily Motion, Blip.tv, Google Video, and other major video hosts. Only search Joost content.
PRIVACY No tracking of what is downloaded or watched. All users are required to register and sign in. Every video a user watches is tracked and recorded.
VIDEO QUALITY Hundreds of channels in HD. No HD available. Streaming video resolution only.
TECHNOLOGY SOURCE CODE Free, open-source (GPL). Uses open-source code, but does not open its own code.
CONTENT DELIVERY Open standards: RSS, HTML, BitTorrent. Proprietary system.
PEER-TO-PEER Open-source BitTorrent protocol. Proprietary protocol.

See also:

  • http://www.getmiro.com/
  • http://www.getmiro.com/articles/miro_vs_joost.php

Published by The Thomas Koeppen Blog 2007.

]]> http://thomaskoeppen.com/2008/01/04/miro-10-turn-your-computer-into-an-internet-tv/feed/ 0 video business remains uncertain and is changing rapidly http://thomaskoeppen.com/2007/12/29/video-business-remains-uncertain-and-is-changing-rapidly/ http://thomaskoeppen.com/2007/12/29/video-business-remains-uncertain-and-is-changing-rapidly/#comments Sat, 29 Dec 2007 15:44:53 +0000 thomas http://blog.thomaskoeppen.com/display/blog/2007/12/29/video+business+remains+uncertain+and+is+changing+rapidly LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Wal-Mart Stores Inc quietly canceled its online video download service on 12/21 less than a year after the site went live, a company spokeswoman said on Thursday.

Wal-Mart shut down the download site after Hewlett Packard Co discontinued the technology that powered it, Walmart.com spokeswoman Amy Colella said in an e-mail. She added that it will not look for another technology partner.

HP spokesman Hector Marinez said the company decided to discontinue its video download-only merchant store services because the market for paid video downloads did not perform “as expected.” He noted that the Internet video business remains uncertain and is changing rapidly.

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]]> http://thomaskoeppen.com/2007/12/29/video-business-remains-uncertain-and-is-changing-rapidly/feed/ 0 youtube down – the future of web 2.0 ? http://thomaskoeppen.com/2007/12/25/youtube-down-the-future-of-web-20/ http://thomaskoeppen.com/2007/12/25/youtube-down-the-future-of-web-20/#comments Tue, 25 Dec 2007 16:09:43 +0000 thomas http://blog.thomaskoeppen.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=4751365 i just watched for fun the difference between linux and windows video

and now youtube.com response with “Http/1.1 Service Unavailable”

How are all massive traffic sites like YouTube, Facebook, Myspace prepared for scalability and stability ?

Today we are much more dependend from online media, social networks in our transition from offline-desktop usage to our web centric online live.

What is our backup scenario, if our loved online applications aren’t available 24/7 ?

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This is the first time a UK broadcaster has provided an on-demand streaming service for all three platforms.

Each week there will be around 250 different programmes available to watch via the iPlayer streaming service for seven days after they are first broadcast.

The streaming version of iPlayer will have new features such as the ability to share programme links, password protected access for more adult programmes and a radio button linking to BBC Radio content.

They haven’t released a linux/mac client, they’ve just made a flash website with less features than the windows client just to get the regulators off their back.

But now with video streaming the next digital times starts, Little Britain online, fantastic …

Hopefully, we all around the world get access soon to content without these requlatory and content licensing issues.

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