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Video Players for Web Publishers?

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Jay
Jay writes "My company is looking to publish videos on our website. We need a complete solutions provider: video player design, hosting/streaming of videos, support for ad rolls, etc. So far the only complete package provider I can find is Brightcove; are there alternatives?"
Music

Johnny Cash Pardoned for Picking Flowers->

Submitted by Chunt
Chunt writes "Life in Mississippi 42 years ago was a little different than in these modern times. For example, in Starkville, home of Mississippi State University, the Man in Black was arrested for picking flowers and breaking curfew after her performed a show at the university on May 11, 1965. The city and county have now posthumously pardoned Mr. Cash for his petty crimes. Check out the Pitchfork article for their analysis, and, for those interested, there is also audio of Mr. Cash's account of that night, along with a snippet of the song he wrote about it, as well as a website for the forthcoming Flower Pickin' Festival in his honor."
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Media

NBC Exec Says Movie Piracy Hurts Corn Farmers

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes "An executive at NBC is apparently claiming that movie piracy is hurting corn farmers. His quote: "In the absence of movie piracy, video retailers would sell and rent more titles. Movie theatres would sell more tickets and popcorn. Corn growers would earn greater profits and buy more farm equipment." Apparently you don't need to understand basic logic to get a high-level job at NBC."
Movies

Canadian Movie Piracy Claims Mostly Fiction? 151

Posted by ScuttleMonkey
from the i-never-would-have-guessed dept.
Justin Primus writes "Michael Geist's weekly column dismantles recent claims that Canada is the world's leading movie piracy haven. The article uses the industry's own data to demonstrate that the assertions about movie bootlegging and its economic impact are greatly exaggerated and that the MPAA's arguments about Canadian copyright law are misleading. I particularly liked how Geist dug up the fact that the MPAA itself says that there have only been 179 movies recorded with a camcorder over the past three years out of the 1,400 that the Hollywood studios released."
Television

Turner to pay Boston $2 Million over ATHF Scare

Submitted by DrEnter
DrEnter writes "After defeating the city of Boston and Homeland Security in a brief conflict last week involving small signs made from christmas tree lights, Turner Broadcasting has agreed to pay each of them $1 million. This is a far cry from the $500+ million Boston was claiming the Aqua Teen Hunger Force "war" had cost them. Maybe they realized that if this actually went to court, they would probably only end up with a bill for the court costs?"
The Internet

Journal: Vista is Threat to Internet Freedom, Warns BBC. 1

Journal by twitter
BBC columnist Bill Thompson warns readers:

[Vista DRM changes] the way our computers work and the way they relate to the network, and those changes could be used to take away our freedoms.

... governments and corporations around the world are making a concerted effort to dismantle the open internet and replace it with a regulated and regulable one that will allow them to impose an "architecture of control".

When you make your mark in the world, watch out for guys with erasers. -- The Wall Street Journal