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POLITICOS TAKE ON YOUTUBE, VIDEO'S FUTURE
[SOURCE: C-Net|News.com, AUTHOR: Anne Broache]
Thursday's House Telecom Subcommittee hearing explored the future of video. It
quickly became apparent that the hearing wasn't just a playful show-and-tell
for the companies represented, as some politicians proceeded to put YouTube in
the hot seat over its copyright policies. YouTube CEO Chad Hurley defended the
site's practices as in compliance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, a
federal law designed to shield Internet hosts from liability provided that they
meet certain requirements and respond to notices from copyright holders to
remove offending content. The event also turned into yet another debate over
enacting so-called Net neutrality laws, with Democrats continuing to urge such
a move and Republicans decrying them as unnecessary regulation.
http://news.com.com/Politicos+take+on+YouTube%2C+videos+future/2100-1028_3-6182900.html?tag=html.alert.hed
* Markey Makes First 'HillTube' Clip
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
House Telecommunications Subcommittee Chairman Ed Markey (D-Mass.) pulled out a
digital camera at the start of a subcommittee hearing on the future of digital
video Thursday and began taking pictures of fellow committee members, the
audience, and the press.
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6440949.html?rssid=193
* Chairman Markey's opening statement
"Today the Subcommittee will explore the future of video more broadly. This
inquiry will run the gamut -- from high resolution, high definition digital on
big screens to digital wireless video services on mobile gadgets and finally,
to the video services and technologies enhanced by a high speed, open
architecture Internet. It is a future characterized by services that may
compete with the movies or traditional television, as well as by services and
technologies that will complement the video experience consumers have been used
to for years."
http://markey.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2809&Itemid=141
* House Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell's opening statement
"I will pay particular attention to the impact of digital video on local media
outlets. This Committee has worked in the past to see that local media outlets,
including television broadcasters, adequately serve their local communities. It
is clear that the advent of digital video is both an opportunity and a
challenge for local broadcasters. It is an opportunity to better serve local
communities with increased coverage and more delivery options. It also presents
challenges to a business model centered on advertising."
http://energycommerce.house.gov/Press_110/110st49.shtml
* Cuban: 'Net Can't Handle Streaming HD
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
HDNet founder Mark Cuban downplayed the future of live Internet streaming as
the Internet is currently configured, a technology he pioneered with
broadcast.com, while pitching the future of high-definition television, his
latest venture.
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6440959.html?rssid=193
* Rep Ed Markey Interviews YouTube's Chad Hurley
http://463.blogs.com/the_463/2007/05/rep_ed_markey_i.html
* Mostly Pleasant Surprises and One Expected Unpleasantness at "Future of
Video" Hearing
http://www.publicknowledge.org/node/934
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