• Webinar: Learn The Workflow For Delivery Of Live Video With Microsoft's Adaptive Streaming Technology

    Updated: 2011-03-31 05:01:00
    Today at 2pm I'll be moderating another StreamingMedia.com webinar, this time with Microsoft presenting the workflow for delivery of live video with Expression Encoder and IIS Media Services, using Microsoft's adaptive streaming technology, Smooth Streaming. Microsoft will walk you through the steps to understand the capabilities of your machine, select and configure hardware and software, and customize your video so...

  • Eric Kessler, Co-President of HBO to Keynote Streaming Media East Show

    Updated: 2011-03-30 15:16:24
    We are very excited to announce that Eric Kessler, Co-President of HBO will kick off the Streaming Media East conference and exhibition on Tuesday, May 10th as our keynote speaker. Eric's focus of late has been on the launch of HBO GO, HBO’s new authenticated streaming service and during his keynote presentation, Eric will demo the latest version of HBO...

  • Eric Armstrong Out As CEO of Kontiki, Company Looking For A Replacement

    Updated: 2011-03-30 05:53:43
    Kontiki confirmed for me this morning that the rumors I have been hearing about a change at the top are true. Eric Armstong, who had been at Kontiki for eight years and was most recently their President and CEO has left the company. Kontiki's board of directors has been interviewing potential replacements for the past few weeks and hopes to...

  • Frost & Sullivan Webinar Today: Broadband-Enabled Devices for Over-the-Top Video

    Updated: 2011-03-30 05:01:00
    Today at 3pm ET I will be presenting a Frost & Sullivan webinar on the topic of Broadband-Enabled Devices for Over-the-Top Video. As a principal analyst in Frost & Sullivan's digital media group, three to four times a year I present free webinars and take questions on different topics in the digital media landscape. In today's presentation, I will highlight...

  • Pirate Bay Back Up, Pirate Party Shut Themselves Down Over Server ‘Abuse’

    Updated: 2011-03-26 14:54:29
    Yesterday both the Swedish Pirate Party and The Pirate Bay disappeared from the Internet causing concern among their users. While they have both now returned, it appears that the Party downtime was caused by the unauthorized use of their servers "for commercial purposes", something which is expressly forbidden.TorrentFreak

  • Report: Despite Piracy, Music Is More Alive Than Ever Before

    Updated: 2011-03-25 20:01:20
    A new paper published by the American economist Joel Waldfogel shows that music piracy hasn't hurt the creation of new music as the RIAA, IFPI and other industry representatives have often claimed. Instead, music has democratized in recent years with the balance of power shifting from the monopoly of the major music labels to smaller, independent ones. Music itself may be more alive than ever before.TorrentFreak

  • Steps to Prepare Your Images for Copyright Registration Using Photoshop®

    Updated: 2011-03-24 03:48:44
    Readers of this blog know that registering the copyrights to your photos is vital!  But with thousands of images to register and with the larger digital files created by modern cameras, you need an easier way to get your images ready for the deposit copy of your registration, either for uploading them via the eCO [...]

  • What.CD Founder Quits World’s Largest Music Torrent Site

    Updated: 2011-03-21 10:53:57
    One of the founders of the world's largest music-dedicated private torrent site has quit. WhatMan, sysop at What.CD, the spiritual successor to the now-defunct and legendary OiNK BitTorrent tracker, says that having spare time is a luxury of the past. With some major achievements behind him, he will long be remembered in the BitTorrent community.TorrentFreak

  • Top 10 Most Pirated Movies on BitTorrent

    Updated: 2011-03-21 09:14:14
    The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, 'Season of the Witch' tops the chart this week, followed by 'TRON: Legacy'. 'The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader' completes the top three.TorrentFreak

  • The Copyright Monopoly Is a Limitation of Property Rights

    Updated: 2011-03-20 00:14:51
    The copyright monopoly is not a property right. It is a limitation of property rights. Copyright is a government-sanctioned private monopoly that limits what people may do with things they have legitimately bought.TorrentFreak

  • Spanish Oscars Winner Arrested For Online Pre-Release Movie Piracy

    Updated: 2011-03-18 14:27:17
    A production company founder and member of the Spanish Film Academy has been arrested on suspicion of leaking pre-release movies to file-sharing networks. Manuel Sirgo, a previous award winner, was detained along with two of his staff after movies which had been accessed using a special account registered to him appeared online.TorrentFreak

  • White House: Streaming Should Be a Felony, Wiretap Infringers

    Updated: 2011-03-16 14:39:00
    President Obama's so-called "IP Czar" Victoria Espinel yesterday delivered a 20-page white paper containing her recommendations for future legislation, calling on Congress to make changes in order to make it easier to clamp down on copyright infringement. Among the recommendations are calls to turn streaming into a felony alongside authority to wiretap in copyright cases.TorrentFreak

  • Google’s the Largest Torrent Search Engine, isoHunt Tells Court

    Updated: 2011-03-15 21:37:44
    IsoHunt has continued with its legal battle against Hollywood. The site has filed its reply brief at the U.S. Court of Appeals in which it hints that Google, not isoHunt, is the largest BitTorrent search engine on the Internet. Through the appeal, isoHunt hopes to reverse the permanent injunction which ordered it to filter its search results, and obtain a jury trial instead of a summary judgment.TorrentFreak

  • Q&A – Civil vs. Criminal Copyright Infringement Claims

    Updated: 2011-03-15 20:35:20
    Q. The Copyright Act provides for criminal and civil remedies for infringements.  What’s the difference and what does that mean to me as the copyright owner when I am infringed? A. Crimes are considered to be offenses against society as a whole.  Civil claims result from disputes between persons or entities (such as a business). While [...]

  • Photo Attorney at Flash Bus Tour

    Updated: 2011-03-14 17:02:03
    Had a great time with my friend/client, David Hobby, the Strobist®, yesterday, during the San Francisco stop of the Flash Bus Tour.  David and Joe McNally did a great job in explaining the complicated world of flash!  Check their future dates – it’s well worth attending.

  • Top 10 Most Pirated Movies on BitTorrent

    Updated: 2011-03-14 09:06:03
    The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, 'TRON: Legacy' tops the chart this week, followed by 'The Next Three Days'. 'The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader' completes the top three.TorrentFreak

  • New Interview with Photo Attorney on Photography and the Law

    Updated: 2011-03-12 17:39:41
    Ken Kaminesky is a commercial travel and lifestyle photographer based in Montreal, Canada.  He recently interviewed me on photography and the law.  Check it out!

  • Copyright Protection: Idea v. Expression

    Updated: 2011-03-10 04:14:13
    Photographers often find that their great shots are recreated by others.  Check the situation as reported by Alec Soth.  Mr. Soth understandably was aggravated.  But is it copyright infringement?  It depends. Section 102 of the Copyright Act provides, in pertinent part, that: (a) Copyright protection subsists, in accordance with this title, in original works of [...]

  • Pirate Bay Founder ‘Disappears’, But Not With Malice

    Updated: 2011-03-08 15:39:05
    At the end of September 2010 three of the four defendants in the Pirate Bay case arrived at the Court of Appeal in Stockholm. The fourth defendant, Gottfrid Svartholm, was nowhere to be seen. The appeal continued without him, with his hearing and sentencing to be conducted at a later date. Now Swedish media are reporting that the Court cannot set a date for Gottfrid's hearing because he has disappeared.TorrentFreak

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