Neo1973: Mobile Phone or Mobile Computer?

[Al Johnson]

On Wednesday 24 January 2007 17:55, Richard Franks wrote:
> The distinction may become more relevant if you get hit with a cease and
> desist - "YouTube has blocked a small company from making YouTube videos
> available on mobile phones":
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/23/youtube_blocks_mobile_video_encoder
>/
>
> If we have a browser with Flash support capable of displaying YouTube
> video, and then run it on the Neo.. are we suddenly going to have to
> worry about litigation such as this company did?

Not a problem - it's just a browser. This company was transcoding the video. 
Running your own transcoding proxy is probably fine, but start doing it as a 
service to others and you could have a problem.

Getting a flash-capable browser will be another problem entirely...

>
> "We were informed by YT their action was largely due to pressure from
> their new mobile partner, Verizon."
>
> Richard
>
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