• Transcoding: In-House Or In The Cloud?

    Updated: 2011-04-29 20:00:00
    Content owners can now choose from a large number of new transcoding solutions including in-house enterprise-class software and hardware appliances; cloud-based solutions; and transcoding services offered by CDNs and other third-party vendors. Given this breadth of choices, choosing the right transcoding mechanism, or combination of mechanisms, has significant impact on the cost, quality, security, and reliability of the overall solution....

  • How To Build A Content Brand Using Social Media

    Updated: 2011-04-29 16:00:00
    At the Streaming Media East show, on May 11th and 12th, we've got Roxanne Reid, Senior Director, Video Department at HowStuffWorks.com moderating a panel on "Building A Content Brand Using Social Media". This session will discuss and demonstrate ways content owners can use social media platforms to generate awareness for their video library. Learn the best practices for building a...

  • IFPI Seizes Control of LimeTorrents Hard Drives

    Updated: 2011-04-29 11:21:40
    When trying to obtain elusive evidence to help formulate a legal strategy, most organizations tend to go through the court system. IFPI, the international music industry group, has just done it rather differently. When they needed a torrent site's data recently they just called up their host, implied they might sue and then simply picked up the hard drives. Case in point, the Internet's 10th biggest torrent site, LimeTorrents.Source: IFPI Seizes Control of LimeTorrents Hard Drives

  • Which Video Advertising Formats Provide The Best Monetization?

    Updated: 2011-04-29 05:01:00
    For all the buzz about online video advertising, most content owners have yet to be able to turn their online video from cost center to profit center. Still, strong signals suggest that video monetization is around the corner, provided content owners don't pull back in today's tight economy. What will it take to reach that tipping point, and what direct...

  • Copyright Office Website/eCO System Down for Maintenance

    Updated: 2011-04-28 23:53:55
    The Library of Congress will be performing network maintenance this weekend. Accordingly, the electronic Copyright Office (eCO) online registration system will be unavailable beginning 3:00 p.m. EST, andwww.copyright.gov will be unavailable beginning 5:00 p.m. EST, on Friday, April 29, 2011. The Copyright Office website and the eCO online registration system will be available again at [...]

  • Strategies for Preparing Your Video for Tablets and Mobile Devices

    Updated: 2011-04-28 20:01:00
    If you distribute or produce content that will be digitally consumed, you are faced with preparing your media for a multitude of screens. From Android-based tablets to the iPad, iPhone 4, and beyond, mobility is the new video frontier. So what's the right strategy to reach all these devices? At the Streaming Media East show, on May 11th and 12th,...

  • Winning With Ad Buyers: What Makes Your Video Inventory Valuable?

    Updated: 2011-04-28 05:01:00
    Ad buyers have different criteria for assessing "valuable" inventory when it comes to online video. But is it tied to the perceived value of the brand behind the content, or is it just how well the content performs that determines value? If the latter, how does each ad buyer measure performance of online video campaigns? At the Streaming Media East...

  • US Govt. Uses Seized Domains for Anti-Piracy Video

    Updated: 2011-04-27 21:30:20
    The U.S. Government is celebrating the importance of intellectual property by educating visitors to the domain names it seized in previous months. These visitors are now redirected to an anti-piracy video instead. The viral video is running on 65 of the seized domains which have now become property of the Government, and shows how illegal downloads can financially ruin innocent workers.Source: US Govt. Uses Seized Domains for Anti-Piracy Video

  • Happy World Intellectual Property Day

    Updated: 2011-04-26 17:11:29
    The theme of World IP Day this year is “Designing the Future”.

  • BTjunkie Starts Proxy to Bypass Italian Blockade

    Updated: 2011-04-25 14:10:12
    A few days ago an Italian court ordered all ISPs to block subscriber access to BTjunkie, leaving hundreds of thousands of Italians with the task of finding a new torrent site. Or perhaps not? Just hours after the news was made public, a brand new and ad-free proxy site was launched. The site allows Italians to browse an uncensored web and access BTjunkie, as well as another popular blocked site, The Pirate Bay.Source: BTjunkie Starts Proxy to Bypass Italian Blockade

  • Copyright Is Like QWERTY: Locked-In and Retrospective

    Updated: 2011-04-24 12:20:48
    The term 'path dependence' is generally used to describe the development of technological standards and how they ‘lock in’ a given technical solution. The QWERTY keyboard is often given as an example of path dependence - the fact that the costs of changing the keyboard to a better, more efficient solution, hinders change. The same can be said about much of the copyright legislation today, but then at the expense of privacy and other rights.Source: Copyright Is Like QWERTY: Locked-In and Retrospective

  • Top 10 Most Pirated Movies on BitTorrent

    Updated: 2011-04-18 10:22:39
    The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, 'I Am Number Four' tops the chart this week, followed by the unreleased 'Blood Out'. 'The Way Back' completes the top three.Source: Top 10 Most Pirated Movies on BitTorrent

  • Distributor Offers To ‘Purify’ and Monetize Pirate Files

    Updated: 2011-04-11 20:59:30
    A manga creator and distributor has offered to do something positive with thousands of unauthorized copyright files to be found on file-sharing networks. In what appears to be a first of its kind project, users will be encouraged to upload their illicit media to a website where they will be repackaged with advertising and subsequently reintroduced legally back into the wild.Source: Distributor Offers To ‘Purify’ and Monetize Pirate Files

  • RIAA Lobbyist Turned Judge Backpedals On BitTorrent Cases

    Updated: 2011-04-08 21:06:41
    In the ongoing mass-BitTorrent lawsuits, last month U.S. District Court Judge Beryl Howell laid down a landmark verdict in favor of copyright holders. The verdict was widely publicized, but put in doubt after it was uncovered that the Judge was a former RIAA lobbyist. This critique appears to have had an effect. In two new orders in the same cases, Howell has now backpedaled on her earlier stance.Source: RIAA Lobbyist Turned Judge Backpedals On BitTorrent Cases

  • “Operation In Our Sites” Will Continue Seizing Domains

    Updated: 2011-04-07 12:48:12
    ICE director John Morton has confirmed that the seizure of domain names that are alleged to be promoting copyright infringement will continue in the coming years. In a statement before the U.S. House of Representatives, Morton said that "Operation In Our Sites" will continue through and beyond 2011. In addition and contrary to popular belief, Morton claimed that the seizures "respect free speech" and "provide due process."Source: “Operation In Our Sites” Will Continue Seizing Domains

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