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The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and a coalition of public interest groups today called on four television networks to stop stifling political debate on the internet with overreaching copyright claims and proposed two measures to help YouTube protect online political speech. In an open letter sent to CBS, the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN), Fox, and NBC, [...]

Boxee has announced an update which adds Hulu support to the open source social media center: our forums, twitter and inbox are filled with messages such as "now if I could only play Hulu on boxee..", "give me Hulu!", or my personal favorite "if you somehow figured out how to make Hulu work. I will kiss you [...]

The Podcast Awards has announced its slate of nominees for the 2008 Podcast Awards.  This is the fourth year of the event, which has the goal of recognizing the best podcasters, nominated and chosen by podcast fans. Voting will open on October 23rd with voting closing November 6th, at 2359.

Startup digital advertising and technology firm VoloMedia has launched a new version of podcast advertising tracking plug-in that is compatible with Apple’s iTunes. VoloMedia, formerly PodBridge, has created downloadable software that is designed to measure audience activity, such as how many people listen to a particularly podcast. The program also works as an ad-serving platform, letting marketers [...]

Sandor Ferenci, a biker who posted videos of himself on YouTube performing stunts and speeding at up to 210 kph (130 mph), has been jailed after confessing his misdemeanors to the police. Ferenci, 28, was contacted by the police after a motorist saw him speeding on his powerful motorcycle and noted his registration number. When they visited [...]