Why broadcast television is doomed

Jamie Kellner, chairman and CEO of Turner Broadcasting (an AOL Time Warner company), was recently interviewed by [INSIDE] on the future of television. In the interview, Mr. Kellner said some very interesting things, including characterizing those who skip television commercials as thieves:

“[Ad skips are] theft. Your contract with the network when you get the show is you’re going to watch the spots. Otherwise you couldn’t get the show on an ad-supported basis. Any time you skip a commercial or watch the button you’re actually stealing the programming.” [ more…]

The Aldous Huxley Web…

… is here. Very useful it is too.

Top Cam!

Now there’s a webcam at the North Pole. This is why I love the Net — and why I wrote a book to celebrate it.

Oh and BTW, it’s running under Linux. Well, if you had to maintain a camera at the Pole, you wouldn’t want the system falling over all the time, would you?

Wired News: Another DMCA Attack Looms. Rep. Rick Boucher is finally ready to try and dismantle a key part of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Boucher, a Virginia Democrat, said last July that he wanted to amend the DMCA to permit certain “fair uses” of digital content, such as backing up an audio CD by bypassing copy protection technology. [Tomalak’s Realm]