Despite the chaos and carnage of three nights of live punk at the Institute of Contemporary Arts punters would still be hard pressed to miss the three pogo-dancing robots in their midst. - mediaeater

Video now online - mediaeater

Here is the rub for Google - they want to exclude IP addys (and they should) from any data given to VIA. But they have argued elsewhere (wrongly) that IP is not a unique identifier . (its not - but it is close enuff to be dangerous). Also who's property - mediaeater

It is funny how a case about copyright will reveal more about privacy than piracy and how clueless the courts are in understanding either. - mediaeater

However, the judge granted a Viacom motion that records of every video watched by YouTube users, including their login names and IP addresses, be turned over to the entertainment giant. - mediaeater

The survey also found viewers are using network Web sites to learn more about the shows they watch, with 39% saying they read background information about the members of a show’s cast, 38% saying they viewed a preview of an upcoming episode and 37% sayi - mediaeater

Cheshire Police said his memorial stone was taken from where he is buried in Macclesfield Cemetery. - mediaeater

Google is experimenting with distributing original content, striking a deal with comedian and producer Seth McFarlane, creator of Fox's long-running hit series Family Guy. - mediaeater

Viewers download dancing clock girls or talk running - mediaeater

Now that we've launched our Flash indexing algorithm, web designers can expect improved visibility of their published Flash content, and you can expect to see better search results and snippets - mediaeater

"It's such an overload to go check everything, and then you get emails saying there is a new message and you just left." In February, he began to give up, deleting his MySpace account. - mediaeater

The majority of non-retail revenues come from licensing music played on the radio and television and in clubs and bars. Income from this public performance licensing grew 14.8 per cent last year. - mediaeater

But when we want to watch a show—the entire show—we usually go to that show’s site, be it a TV network show or a Web-only show site. That’s good for content creators, who can build their brands better on their own site and sell the ads better on t - mediaeater

Warner’s participation means Nokia, the world’s largest mobile phone maker, has enlisted three of the four largest record groups as it prepares to launch Comes with Music later this year. The lone holdout among the majors, EMI, is in talks. - mediaeater

"The era of everything being based on the great idea is over," he says. "Other things have risen to a common level of importance." Without interactive experts to bring ideas to life, he adds, the big ideas are like "a fart in the wind." - mediaeater

The crowd sing-along to Hallelujah, and the prolonged ovation that followed, will go down as a memorable moment in Glastonbury history. "It's a great honour to play for these angels born of the mud," he said to a huge cheer - mediaeater

“But there’s a void out there for real music lovers. When I was a kid discovering music I would walk into record stores and there would be giant pictures of artists, and they would be selling shirts and posters. ShockHound is offering an online versio - mediaeater

e have conducted the first scientific, experimental study of monitoring and copyright enforcement on P2P networks and have made several discoveries which we find surprising. - mediaeater

Firefox now supports tagging for bookmarks. Want to use your del.icio.us bookmarks in Firefox 3? Follow these simple steps: - mediaeater

Why would you want to do this?? I don't get it. - Brad Barrish

The lack of a good way to cash out just makes things worse, he said. “There is no venture industry if there is no I.P.O. market.” “There is nothing that the industry is producing that investors want,” Mr. Kedrosky said. “The stuff they’re inve - mediaeater

“This will require compromise,” said Peter Fleischer, the global privacy counsel for Google. “It will require people to agree on a framework that balances two conflicting issues: privacy and security. But the need to develop that kind of framework i - mediaeater

If you are a producer, you have pressing decisions to make about product development and marketing investments. If you are a retailer, you must decide how broad an assortment to stock and whether to guide customers toward obscure selections that may yield - mediaeater

"Digital Manners Policies" is a marketing term. Let's call this what it really is: Selective Device Jamming. It's not polite, it's dangerous. It won't make anyone more secure -- or more polite. --- - mediaeater

Google Media Server is a Windows application that aims to bridge the gap between Google and your TV. It uses Google Desktop technology such as Desktop gadgets for the administration tool and Google Desktop Search to locate media files. - mediaeater

The agency also offered at least one new wrinkle, asking whether product placement in feature films should get special disclosure when the movies air on TV. (ummmm yeah - ed) - mediaeater

We're working on a new iPhone Location-Based Social Network which will be launching in Summer '08. As we finish our plans, we'll be regularly updating our blog. Please register above for more information and for possible inclusion in our Beta test. - mediaeater

. at the end of the day it’s all about the communities: they greatly enhance the value of data. Need needs to be loved. - mediaeater

Bloggers have particular cause for alarm. The software could act as a kind of ever-present police, having a chilling effect on writers concerned they'll be dragged into court for inadvertently excerpting too large a chunk of material. "These systems are l - mediaeater

Summary: The IDNC Working Group (IDNC WG) report on a methodology that would enable the timely and efficient ("fast track") introduction of a limited number of non-contentious IDN ccTLDs, while an overall long-term IDN ccTLD policy is being developed. - mediaeater

Life on Mars is ABC’s attempt to copy the BBC’s success of a crime drama with the same title. The premiere is planed for this fall, the pilot leaked on 6/18, and the verdict is already in: “Fail.” - mediaeater