It drove me there a long time ago and there’s no looking back now! It’s just too easy to swap out browsers. There’s no reason to stick with a crappy program that hangs and bogs down your system. I only occasionally launch IE to view a video on MSNBC. Otherwise, it stays dormant. Full article from Pirillo

Possibly, according to Paul Thurrott who says that the major studios are currently in discussions with Apple to license movie downloads from iTunes. Jobs is smart enough to understand that very few people will download newer movies for $28 when that same DVD is available from Target or Wal-Mart for half that amount. I used to buy a lot of DVDs but now I pretty much just wait until they come to DirecTV PPV. I still do buy a number of kids DVDs since they get watched over and over.

With a Digg-like UI, VideoSift lets users vote for the best videos on YouTube and Google Video.

If you’re hooked on tech news like I am you’re gonna love Popurls.

Not according to Don Dodge.

“But, based on my understanding of the law, the big difference between Napster and YouTube is that YouTube has “substantial non-infringing use”, which was the critical legal issue in the Sony Beta-max case. If a product or service has “substantial non-infringing use” than it can not be held liable for contributory copyright infringement”

Update: How YouTube become a hot property

I’ve bought a few songs and a few audiobooks from iTunes. But for music, I rip my own CDs using this system or buy entire albums from Allofmp3.com.