Tag Archives: Video

Between the vicarious terrorist-squashing (in real time!) of 24 and the alternative reality of The Osbournes, Tuesday is now THE TV night around the homestead. Tonight we hear Jack threaten the murderous, traitorous Nina and slam the bitch against the wall; and on the Osbournes, Sharon is diagnosed with cancer. …

In conjunction with the series of the same name, the BBC ran a competition for Britons to vote on the Great Britons. The top 10 are as follows: 1 Churchill 456,498 (28.1%) 2 Brunel 398,526 (24.6%) 3 Diana 225,584 (13.9%) 4 Darwin 112,496 (6.9%) 5 Shakespeare 109,919 (6.8%) 6 Newton …

We just mentioned the psychological front of the War on File-Swapping, where the RIAA is set to aggressively confront university swappers, and the technological front, which is self-explanatory. The legal front sees a major confrontation today as well, with the studios and labels confronting Morpheus and Grokster in an LA …

The digital content wars proceed on several levels, including legal, psychological, and technological. Here are two new tools for the guardians of the gates via Business 2.0: pirating a new movie is a lot simpler than you might think. It usually works like this: Bad guys videotape flicks just as …

So we’re in the middle of that extended, sort of oblong, Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Other than the obligatory Thanksgiving eve night out (the Wednesday night before Thanksgiving is often the biggest night of the year for bars, clubs, bistros, etc) and the Thursday stuff-fest itself, the rest of the weekend …

Strange and serendipitous confluence of time and space: Paul Frankenstein (we forget that real people are named “Frankenstein” and “Mummy” too, though I’m not sure how many “Wolfman” or “Creature From the Black Lagoon’s” there are running around) just picked ten movies we should check into. Local Hero was one …

Just a reminder that you only have a few more days to let the FCC hear your voice regarding your ability to make copies of digital-broadcast television programs. This post has the details and links.

The Osbournes are back for their second season on MTV tonight. Although I despise reality shows, what little I caught of the The Osbournes last year WAS different in that the juxtaposition of absurdly abnormal people trying to live “normal” lives was striking and often very funny. However, much of …

The Chronicle of Higher Education informs us: The California Supreme Court ruled on Monday that a movie-industry group could not bring a lawsuit in the state’s courts against Matthew Pavlovich, a former computer-engineering student who published online a code to unscramble encrypted DVD’s. The court’s 4-to-3 decision held that California …

First you bought records and tapes in a store, then CDs in a store, then CDs online, then digital files online – what’s next? CDs and files via TV: Every generation gets the entertainment it deserves. None of this comes as news to World Theatre executive chairman and CEO Robert …