Ustream Sued for Pirated Stream of Roy Jones Jr. Fight
by Robin Caldwell
Square Ring, Inc, the boxing promotional company owned by professional boxer Roy Jones, Jr is suing Ustream for “massive and blatant” copyright infringement. The suit claims that Ustream, a live video streaming service, allowed 2,377 users to view a broadcast of the fight Roy Jones Jr. vs Omar Sheika free of charge on March 21, 2009. Techcrunch reports that Square Ring also alleges that Ustream has refused to comply with repeated requests to “gather” information in regard to the infringement suit.
Read MoreTwitcam Makes Live Video Simpler
by rahsheen
Video on Twitter has always been dominated by a relatively small group of services, including 12seconds, YouTube, Ustream, and Seesmic. Ustream has always been ahead of the game when it comes to broadcasting live video and integrating the discussion from Twitter. Now, Twitcam has entered the fray, looking to provide you with an easy way to mesh live video with Twitter.
Read MoreVokle Helps You Unmute Yourself
by rahsheen
Vokle is a social site built around live video. It’s still in private beta, but they released a few demo videos the other day that give a better idea of exactly what they have to offer. At first glance, Vokle doesn’t appear to be anything new. The interface is something similar to Ustream and many other live video sites you may have come across.
Read MoreCarol’s Daughter Web 2.0 Swagger
by Angela
Today Carol’s Daughter conducted a bloggers roundtable on Ustream in lieu of a press conference, bloggers and influencer’s were invited to participate, Black Web 2.0 was fortunate to be one of the participants.
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