Apple & AT&T stores are expected to open at 8am Friday, July 11th to launch the iPhone 3g. While the company hasn’t released an official press announcement, it doesn’t need to. There are already people waiting in line at some stores, and the launch is likely to be the most heavily hyped tech introduction of […]

Verizon has backed out of a deal with controversial video blogger Loren Feldman after just a week, after civil rights groups and bloggers protested Feldman’s work, which many consider racist. Feldman is no stranger to controversy, but his “Technigga” character, in particular, strikes many as bigoted. In a video entitled Where Are The Black Tech […]

A few days ago, we suggested that YouTube Needs To Grow A Spine, arguing that YouTube needs to “unequivocally state that they will defend your right to privacy, even if that means taking this all the way to the Supreme Court”.

Now others are starting to weigh in, and it looks like we are not alone in thinking that YouTube needs to grow a spine, if not more….

The Center for Social Media has released a Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video. If you have a vlog, video podcast or post videos to sites like YouTube, knowing about fair use could help keep you from getting sued. Here’s a summary of their recommendations:

Internet media isn’t just being used by people wanting to limit the role of government in the US; it’s also being used the the goverment itself to attract people to serving in the military. 70 percent of the US Army’s new prospects are attracted via online video campaigns, according to digital ad agency MRM. The […]

Four-hour work week author and blogger Tim Ferris talked to Daniel Ellsberg about new FISA (Foreign Information and Surveillance Act) amendments that promise to let big telecommunications off the hook, retroactively, for giving the government access to spy on you without warrant, and to make this type of activity legal. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act […]

NBC, in a surprisingly candid statement, admits that it doesn’t know how people want to use the Internet, mobile phones, podcasting and other technologies to follow the Olympics. Instead, the company is trying to measure everything it can and try to react in real time to what it learns. “I have no idea how people […]

I’ve travelled a lot in the last few years, and one thing I’ve noticed is that there seems to be an inverse relationship between the quality of hotels that you stay at and their Internet service: the more you pay for your hotel room, the worse the Internet service seems to be. I’ve had great […]

YouTube has responded to a federal court order requiring the company, as part of Viacom’s billion dollar lawsuit, to give Viacom copies of YouTube’s server log files. These log files are needed by Viacom to help it determine the extent to which YouTube has been used to distribute copyrighted content without permission. However, Viacom doesn’t […]

Google is following up on its promise to make generating revenue from YouTube its top priority. They’ve announced additional partners that let AdSense publishers embed their videos and share in the ad revenue. They’ve also introduced new video ad units, for additional flexibility. Their program works by letting you generate revenue for clicks or impressions […]