Credit: ConeKT

So the clock is ticking on my time left here in Connecticut. I’m working hard to get everything set out in Arizona. Got a job all setup to go to which I will be starting on the 22nd of October. The apartment search is still going on. My roommate and I are still in negotiations over which apartment to get. I will admit it, I am a cheap bastard and don’t want to spend lots of money on a place where I’m just going to sleep really. The problem is that he will have his parents supporting him somewhat so he has extra money to spend. I do not have this extra money to spend plus I do not want to put all my money into the rent. I would like to save some money if I could. Maybe even go back to college while I am out there.

One thing I am still debating with myself is whether or not to bring someone with me for the cross country drive. In the past it has been nice. I have done the cross country trip two times so far. For both trips I did all the driving. Something I’m looking forward to is having the chance to maybe video log most of my trip. Maybe even stop at one or two of the weird roadside attractions along the way. When I have the chance to find a wifi hotspot I will gladly jump online and broadcast on my JTV channel. Stay tuned to the blog for more information about my trip back to Arizona.

Last night was a very busy night for the Justin.tv site. Neither of the big stars of JTV were broadcasting. Those being Justine and the Jonas Brothers. But their was one channel that attracted almost 90% of the the viewers. This channel was being broadcast by a kid who looked like he was around 12 years old. His channel was popular because he was streaming live the WWE’s PPV Unforgiven. Most people who saw the PPV had to pay $40. If you were lucky though you got to see the whole thing free on Justin.tv with about 4000 other people.

Another live streaming website also joined in on the fun. Ustream.tv had at one point 3 different channels going who were all broadcasting the Unforgiven PPV. It seemed though that Ustream could not keep up with all the viewers . For a few hours their were many problems connecting to streams and chat. It could have been just been them doing maintenance though.

The most that will come out of this is that JTV and Ustream will get a letter from the WWE that copyrighted material was broadcast and to take down any archives of the PPV. My concern though is that this will lead to other people broadcasting copyrighted material. Last nights broadcast shows that the sites won’t take you down for broadcasting something copyrighted. I just hope Justin and the crew at Justin.tv are prepared to deal with legal problems.
]]> http://www.thesmojo.com/live-streams-go-into-dangerous-waters/feed/ 0 http://www.thesmojo.com/a-guide-to-lifecasting-needed/ http://www.thesmojo.com/a-guide-to-lifecasting-needed/#comments Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:40:58 +0000 smojo http://thesmojo.com/a-guide-to-lifecasting-needed/ Very recently there have been many problems plaguing Justin.tv and the new channels. Some of these issues are regarding privacy and personal information. While some have to do with chat moderation and running a channel. Most of these problems could have been avoided if Justin.tv had some type of tips list or a Guide to Lifecasting. Justin had spoken in the past about writing a guide but I’m thinking he will never finish it. New lifecasters need to be warned and prepared before they turn the camera on.

Why am I writing this post?

Well if you have spent some time on Justin.tv in the past few days you might have noticed or heard that 3 of the newer channels had their personal information leaked and posted in chat. When I say personal information I mean their full name, address and phone numbers. When this type of information is posted it leads to people doing some not so nice things. 2 of the channels to have their information posted were Bob and Ashley. The 3rd to have their information posted was Amber. If you are not familiar with Amber she is only 16 years old and is living at home with the parents. She received numerous phone calls from people and also had pizza delivered to her house. Yesterday she posted in her chat that she quit and will no longer lifecast.

How could this have been happened?

Well it is easy for me to see how Bob and Ashley’s info were found. They own domains and the whois listing is available to the public. Amber on the other hand does not own a domain. Some have said that they must have gotten the information from her paypal account. This is a possibility but very unlikely. As far as I can see when you donate to someone you only get access to the persons full name and their email address. There are many ways to get a persons information though. White pages, publicly posting it somewhere and of course you always have those pay sites that get the information.

I’ll be making a page dedicated to tips and information for new lifecasters. It seems it is needed since the problems will rise as they add more channels.

TibTie.tv comes to Facebook

Kary and Gerhard are the lifecasters in front of the camera for TibTie. Since they went live the viewers have seen everything from Gerhard in a thong to lightsaber wars. Also who can forget the great performance of some Guns n Roses classics. They have grown their own following on Justin.tv. So I decided to make TibTie their very own Facebook App. So here it is… Add TibTie’s Live Feed to your Facebook Profile