The controversy over the Richter Scales’ Here Comes Another Bubble appears to be drawing to a close. The video was taken down from YouTube after photographer Lane Hartwell objected to the unauthorized use of one of her photos in the video. This has led to a great deal of debate over the role of copyright […]

Kent Nichols, co-creator of the popular video podcast Ask A Ninja, has started a new blog, and it already looks like it could become essential reading for indie new media content creators. His first post takes a look at YouTube and why video podcasters and vloggers shouldn’t depend on it: “YouTube doesn‚Äôt care about any […]

The New York Times has an interesting profile of MIT’s Walter H. G. Lewin, 71, a physics professor that has a new generation of fans thanks to his video podcast. Professor Lewin delivers his lectures with the panache of Julia Child bringing French cooking to amateurs and the zany theatricality of YouTube‚Äôs greatest hits. He […]

The Phone Company Recording Archive is an great collection of old-school phone company messages. The samples include recordings from Bell, US West, AT&T and other sources. You can preview “Please hang up…” below.

According to a new report, Apple TV leads the market for Internet television devices, but the devices have had difficulty resonating with consumers, largely due to their cost and complexity. ‚ÄúVendors of these products have struggled with a number of hurdles that have so far made this market relatively unsuccessful,‚Äù says ABI Research director Michael […]

The Lane Hartwell copyright controversy has led to a great deal of debate over the role of copyright and fair use in Internet videos. Hartwell is a professional photographer that publishes her images on Flickr, with all rights reserved. When she saw one of her photos being used without permission or credit in the video […]

Google today announced a new standard for helping search engines index video, Video Sitemaps. Video Sitemaps is an extension of the Sitemap Protocol that helps make your videos more searchable via Google Video Search. By submitting this video-specific Sitemap in addition to your standard Sitemap, you can specify all the video files on your site, […]

PC World has released a list of its Biggest Tech Disappointments of 2007, and a lot of them are likely to resonate with anyone involved with new media. Here’s some of the article’s highlights: Amazon Unbox – The interface is cluttered and ugly–lacking both the simplicity and sophistication of the Apple iTunes Store or NetFlix’s […]

They Might Be Giants have introduced a new podcast for kids, TMBG’s Friday Night Video Podcast For Kids. You can preview the podcast below. To subscribe, add this feed URL to your podcast client: http://feeds.feedburner.com/theymightbegiants/ via Wired

Photographer Lane Hartwell is tired of people stealing her photos and reusing them without her permission. She’s published her images, like a lot of us, on Flickr, with all rights reserved. Unlike most of us, though, Hartwell is a freelance photographer and a regular contributor to Wired News. Her work has featured in publications around […]