Comments on: Hollywood's Napster Moment Arrives, Courtesy of MegaVideo

By: Fox News writer Roger Friedman may be fired for reviewing a pirated version of the new - Peter Kafka - Media - AllThingsD

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 17:41:09 +0000

[...] since he’s obviously not the first person to note that–I don’t think we can even call it an open secret at this point–I’m wondering if there isn’t something else at work here. Anyone have any bright [...]

By: Hollywood’s Guide to Stealing Movies on the Web | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:06:43 +0000

[...] scares me off (and in case my employer is wondering – I don’t condone piracy, but I do write about it). But I’ll take said executive’s word for [...]

By: » Survey Says: Web Video Watchers Aren’t Pirates. But They May Be Ready to Cut the Cable Cord [MediaMemo] True HelloWorld Story

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 20:33:53 +0000

[...] video watchers are pirating the stuff they watch. I would have thought, based on the ascent of sites like Megavideo, that piracy was much more [...]

By: Survey Says: Web Video Watchers Aren’t Pirates. But They May Be Ready to Cut the Cable Cord | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:37:29 +0000

[...] video watchers are pirating the stuff they watch. I would have thought, based on the ascent of sites like Megavideo, that it was a much bigger [...]

By: Fox News writer Roger Friedman may be fired for reviewing a pirated version of "X-Men Origins: Wolverine"z | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 11:19:11 +0000

[...] since he’s obviously not the first person to note that — I don’t think we can even call it an open secret at this point — I’m wondering if there isn’t something else at work here. Anyone have any [...]

By: Weekend Update, 03.07.09 | Beth Callaghan | Digital Daily | AllThingsD

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:58:50 +0000

[...] the Chinese site that makes it easy to watch pirated TV shows and movies online, noting that Hollywood’s Napster moment has probably just arrived. Universal Music Group–which has already had its share of Napster [...]

By: Boxee: Big Media “Gets It”, But Not Fast Enough. So Here’s A Hulu Hack | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:04:56 +0000

[...] incentive they give Web surfers to try out illegal ones. Just ask the people who made pirate site MegaVideo.com the 10th most popular video site. Print [...]

By: Janko Roettgers

Janko Roettgers — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 05:46:43 +0000

Megavideo is not a Chinese site. It’s domain is registered through a proxy offshore address in Hong Kong, but it’s run by a well-known European felon, and its servers are located in the US.

http://www.p2p-blog.com

By: Peter Kafka

Peter Kafka — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:05:30 +0000

Yup. Which means that the Hulu/Boxee issue that arose last month will ultimately be irrelevant – this stuff is coming to the big screen whether people like it or not.

By: Phil Leigh

Phil Leigh — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:54:29 +0000

There is a similar “grass roots” trend that will amplify the impact of MegaVideo and similar sites.

Specifically, consumers are discovering that laptop computers and flat-panel TVs have common connection sockets. Once mated the TV acts as a giant monitor for the laptop. The computer’s on-board WiFi connects to a home network and thence to the Internet. Given a remote mouse and keyboard the user gets a lean-back viewing experience 15-20 feet distant from the TV screen.

This is Third Generation Television.

http://www.insidedigitalmedia.com