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Adult-film producer sues PornoTube for copyright infringement

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pornotubeNot because some online sites make money from sharing dirty videos mean they are allowed to play dirty all the way.

PornoTube, the vulgar clone of popular video sharing site YouTube, is facing a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by a major porn company, Vivid Entertainment Group.

The adult-film producer asserts their porn videos are copied, published, distributed and publicly displayed on PornoTube without their consent or compliance with age verification rules.

To make situation harder for PornoTube, Vivid also asked them to pay $4.5 million for damages caused by the alleged infringement. Also, PornoTube is accused of violating the Child Protection and Obscenity Enforcement Act.

Thanks to Web 2.0 porn videos are spreading like wildfire over the Net. Adult film companies might be feeling the sting of this phenomenon already. Perhaps the recent legal scuffle of YouTube against major Hollywood studios have inspired Vivid to apply the same tactics in the porn industry

Via [eFluxMedia]

Originally posted on December 12, 2007 @ 9:28 am

VideoJug captures Miss California beauty pageant controversy

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VideoJug revealed that it has exclusive footage of the controversial Miss California USA pageant in which the wrong beauty queen was crowned. The winner of the Miss California USA pageant represents California at the Miss USA pageant, which will be held next April.

VideoJug was filming the competition for a new series of instructional films on “how to win a beauty pageant.” The producers of the Miss California USA pageant gave VideoJug access to all aspects of the pageant and its participants for the films. VideoJug was able to capture the naming of the wrong winner as well the crowd’s loud hostile reaction. The footage, which has now been supplied to, and featured on, Extra, Inside Edition, E!, Fox and Friends and Good Morning America is now available in longer form on the VideoJug site.

VideoJug’s exclusive footage shows how the judges got it wrong and provides a detailed breakdown of the events leading up to their decision. They also have on their website interviews with the contestants on how to compete and win a beauty pageant as long as the judges get it right.

Originally posted on December 10, 2007 @ 11:48 am

VidShadow selects BroadRamp for Its video management and delivery

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vidshadow.pngVidShadow and BroadRamp, inventor of the only seamless, universal multimedia content and application delivery platform, have entered into an agreement for BroadRamp to provide its Managed Content Delivery Services to power VidShadow’s video-sharing syndication networks.

BroadRamp Content Delivery System enables content to be viewed instantly in large windows and with exceptional picture and sound quality while utilizing BroadRamp’s Zero Wait Push Technology. CDS’s ability to deliver content so rapidly is made possible by several innovations including a unique compression approach, and not having to rely on the typical buffering and downloading of media players. BroadRamp’s instant launch WebHD high definition video with Dolby 5.1 Surround Sound delivers an online experience unlike any other in the market today.

Originally posted on December 10, 2007 @ 2:22 pm

Brightcove no longer a YouTube wannabe

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brightcove.tvOnline video company Brightcove is no longer interested in user-generated videos.

Starting December 18, end-users are no longer allowed to upload and share personal video clips on Brightcove.tv.

Although UG contents generate about 8 million unique visitors monthly, Brightcove CEO Jeremy Allaire stated in his blog post that they will focus their limited resources in serving their media business partners like HBO, The New York Times, National Geographic, Discovery Channel, Fox Entertainment, and many more.

Together, these professional videos deliver more than 120 million unique visitors monthly. Currently, there are more than 4,000 commercial media publishers using the Brightcove platform.

Brightcove.tv will soon host the professional business videos for its media partners.

This is a good decision on the part of Brightcove. Fighting big players like YouTube is an utter waste of resources and will likely fail. Targeting a niche like customized professional videos for different businesses is a safe and profitable path.

Originally posted on November 29, 2007 @ 1:57 am