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The Register published a story yesterday that YouTube will unveil FBI-quality video-fingerprinting technology in September. Seems this move is in response to lawsuits from media giant Viacom. Google is apparently under pressure to find a better way of cracking down on users who upload copyrighted videos and music on YouTube, which Google purchased late last [...]

Mashable reported late last week that one particular video (see below) from Tay Zonday, a William Hung like internet curio managed to attract so much attention that it set off rumors that YouTube had been hacked into. Adding to the confusion, 4chan /b/ forum claimed responsibility for the “hack” and did I mention YouTube [...]

Michael Geist, reported a story earlier this week from Jon Healey of the LA Times who points to some research from Live365 that confirms what many have long suspected - webcasting and the Internet is far more important to independent labels than it is to the majors. He goes on to say that Live365 reports [...]

TubeMogul is an online video analytics and distribution company which aggregates video-viewing data from multiple sources. In one quick step, you can track and understand the when, where and how often your videos are watched from six sources, with more to come. This list includes: YouTube, MySpace, Yahoo, AOL Music, Revver and more.
This free service [...]

Podcasting just got its own industry association and it’s called Association for Downloadable Media (ADM) . The goal of the ADM is to develop standardization of audience measurement and advertising for downloadable media. The ADM will focus primarily on the world of podcasting, downloadable media and portable content monetized by advertising and sponsorship. The ADM [...]

Although still in a beta stage, We7 are a new community offering users the ability to download DRM free music and legally share them with friends but the artist still gets paid! How does it work? Every time you download a free MP3 or video from We7, a small payment will be made to the [...]

Information Architects, a Japanese design agency from Tokyo have created a map of the 200 most successful websites on the web, organized by category, proximity, success, popularity and perspective. Inspired by subway maps of Tokyo, the Web Trend Map is available for you to download to use as a wallpaper. They also offer an OSX [...]

Michael Geist reported a story this morning about SOCAN sending thousands of letters to hair salons and barber shops across Canada reminding them to pay their annual fee for playing music. SOCAN targets a different business group every year - last year it was dentists, now it’s hair salons. The fee starts at [...]

To promote the launch of the Simpsons movie, coming out on July 27th, Burger King and Fox have created The Simpsonizer!
Pretty cool stuff, once you upload a photo of yourself, the application analyzes your face, turning you into an honorary Springfield resident. Woo Hoo!

Miro (formerly known as Democracy Player) is a free open-source, multi platform media player created by the Participatory Culture Foundation. This video player is packed with features, it can play almost any type of media file, offers lots of free HD content, uses RSS feeds so you can track your favourite internet TV shows, podcasts [...]