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Move over OPENhulu, here comes TVparadise
- You can watch videos in full screen mode without opening a pop-up ad first
- The embed code for each video is listed right below the video (although you can also grab the code by clicking the menu button inside the video window)
- So far there are no ads at all on TV Paradise (we kind of expect that to change)
The biggest problem with both of these sites is that they're both going to become useless the moment Hulu sheds its invitation-only beta status and opens its doors to the public. There's no reason to go to a Hulu-clone when you could just go to Hulu.
As for the larger question of whether these sites are legal, we haven't heard anything from Hulu yet. But after Digg banned a user for submitting a link to OPENhulu, the site's founder had a conversation with someone at Digg about Hulu's terms of use. The end result: Digg, at least believes that OPENhulu is not violating any laws. Not that Digg has any real authority in the matter.
But there is at least one reason why Hulu, NBC, and News Corp honestly might not care about these clones: each video includes advertising no matter where you watch it. And since the embedded videos are all still hosted on Hulu's servers, the company can easily count the the number of hits each video gets and charge the appropriate advertising rates.
But there is at least one reason why Hulu, NBC, and News Corp honestly might not care about these clones: each video includes advertising no matter where you watch it. And since the embedded videos are all still hosted on Hulu's servers, the company can easily count the the number of hits each video gets and charge the appropriate advertising rates.
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Lior said 2:11AM on 12-18-2007
Still no Hulu for international users, bummer :-(.
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Brad Hill said 12:16PM on 12-17-2007
If I were Hulu I'd be thrilled.
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kingkool68 said 1:13PM on 12-17-2007
I still haven't activated my Hulu private beta invite. I just don't have time.
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raneman said 1:13PM on 12-17-2007
But you have time to post a comment about having an invite. lol
kingkool68 said 1:14PM on 12-17-2007
Well i don't have time to explore the siter and watch some videos.
Philip said 1:22PM on 12-17-2007
If you don't want it I would be more then glad to take it off your hands.
kendrew said 6:39PM on 12-17-2007
I have an invite too, except theres no point in activating it since I'm not in the US
Matt Schlicht said 6:32PM on 12-17-2007
OpenHulu has all videos now by the way. It also updates every morning and ads new content, AND we added a full screen button as well.
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michael said 7:35AM on 12-18-2007
Silly freebie users.
I just received my invite today, and I love Hulu. It works great.
I'm glad it moved off of YouTube, videos are much better to view and everything.
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lob said 2:55PM on 12-19-2007
"The biggest problem with both of these sites is that they're both going to become useless the moment Hulu sheds its invitation-only beta status and opens its doors to the public. There's no reason to go to a Hulu-clone when you could just go to Hulu."
Not entirely true. I live in Sydney (Australia). I have a Hulu invite. Problem is, using Hotspot Shield I can't watch it. The video loads OK, but then its constant "stop/pause/start." I don't have this problem though using Hotspot Shield when I watch an embedded video. Not sure (of the technical reason why.)
But, yeah, I guess once Hulu of no longer in beta testing, it will probably improve the way it streams it videos, making the need for an embedded site obsolete.
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lob said 6:20PM on 12-19-2007
Oh yeah, this is my simple little side. Completely ad free:
http://hulustuff.blogspot.com/
Sertac said 9:41AM on 1-02-2008
I got my invitation approximatly two weeks ago and I am from Turkey.
So I use hotspot shield ( vps ) to watch and yes it is constant stop-pause-start. I think there are two reasons for this. First vps in this case ( hotspot shield ) is slow.
Second Hulu do not allow caching of video files on the viewers local system for this reason The video can not load entirely and hulu says in their blog that we could pause and wait for load but it is not true by now.
By the way Hulu uses HTTP pseudo-streaming that allows viewers to seek and play parts of a video that has not yet loaded ( so cool )
And I agree when Hulu opens its doors to the public who needs clone...
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Issam said 11:32AM on 1-07-2008
Just heard about the Hulu generation, anyone knows of where to get invites?
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