Maybe you haven’t heard of the Hugo Awards, but to science fiction geeks, especially print science fiction geeks, they’re a big deal. […]
Of course, not everyone can attend the convention, held this year in Chicago, but for those of us who couldn’t, we had a chance to follow along the ceremonies last night thanks to live video via Ustream […]. Or at least, fans had a chance to watch the beginning of the ceremony, up until Neil Gaiman was accepting his award in the Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form category. That’s when the broadcast shut off abruptly, and the account was supposedly “banned due to copyright infringement.” […]
Ustream CEO Brad Hunstable has published a blog post apologizing for the incident. He says the company relies on a service called Vobile to monitor for infringing content, and yes, the system was automatically triggered by the show clips. […]
Ustream Apologizes For Shutting Down The Hugo Awards Livestream, Says It Will ‘Recalibrate’