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Online Video It may be time to call Child Protective Services about the ongoing abuse of Hulu. As they did twice before with Boxee and Kylo, Hulu’s broadcast parent companies have forced the JV startup to block access to the site by Google TV. Why? Because they still don’t want Hulu playing in the living Read More …
Three-Strikes As the Obama Administration begins thinking about how a “voluntary” system of graduated response to online copyright infringement might work in the U.S., the real-world experiment currently underway in France is serving up some potentially invaluable object lessons. Of particular note is the importance of taking into account the competitive implications of such a Read More …
Copyright The Commerce Department issued its promised Notice of Inquiry Tuesday seeking comment from various stakeholders on how to improve the protection of copyrighted works on the Internet and “the relationship between copyright law and innovation in the Internet economy.” According to a press release on the department’s website, the comments gathered from the NOI “will be Read More …
Three-Strikes After several false starts, the first emailed warning letters to French Internet users suspected of downloading copyrighted content illegally have now gone out, marking the beginning of a new enforcement regime that content owners hope will put a significant dent in the amount of infringing content available online in that country. The letters, which Read More …
Update: Not only is the iPad running away with the tablet market before others are out of the starting gate, it’s running away with the the consumer electronics business. According to a report by Bernstein Research, the iPad adoption rate is now the fastest ever for a CE product , surpassing the DVD player. Tablets Read More …