I was about to suggest somebody knit a Jayne hat and get anybody to sign it, but that's better.

Hmmm. You guys are giving me ideas. Which is always dangerous.

Though none involve dead fireflies because ewwww.

I have a bunch of Hearst stickers and little Desmond Fellows fliers from the Veronica Mars set, but I don't think, even collectively, they would amount to the coolness of anything else being offered.

If you're willing to part with them, we'd be happy to take them. Our goal is to be able to give something to everyone who donated, even if it's just a small token to go along with our thanks.

If you're willing to part with them, we'd be happy to take them.

Okay, I'll contact you after I get back. They're easy to mail.

Cool! Thanks!

Okay, I have sorted my big box o' fandom (which turned out to be two boxes) into two piles. Stuff to maybe give away and stuff to never give away.

I have some really awesome items in the "never" pile. But, even if I could bring myself to part with them, they're not going to be of use to anyone not named "Kristen."

But, even if I could bring myself to part with them, they're not going to be of use to anyone not named "Kristen."

What? It's only one little letter...

Cool! Thanks!

And I think it's really appropriate, since the stickers and fliers are products of the BTL folk themselves!

But, even if I could bring myself to part with them, they're not going to be of use to anyone not named "Kristen."

Heh, I was thinking that the coolest fandom thing I have is the VM S2 yearbook, but not only would I not want to part with it, but also it's signed to "Sunil" by Kristen Bell.

Hulu is NBC Universal and 20th Century Foxes joint venture designed to shut Apple out of the online video market. NBC Universal pulled all it's content off iTunes for it, and Fox will likely follow suit.

I got an invite to that as a beta user. As a die hard Apple fan/user/shareholder, I kinda feel like a traitor now. O well.

As for business model. Think about it. If they make $1 per viewing from the advertiser, and $1 per download, it stands to reason you would make more money in model 1, as a fan might be more inclined to watch it over and over again. The iTunes model has the studio's loosing control over it. The Hula is view only, no downloads (as far as I can tell). Also, I imagine there is more direct control on demographic information. You have to create an account, which gives age, gender, location stuff. Basic, but then they can see who likes said programs, and steer ads to them more specifically (and charge more) for when they air on TV. Just theories.

I think you're correct on every account, omnis. For the advertisers (and so studios) it's great as people can't skip the adverts (take that, Tivo generation) and they can demographically tailor the adverts on the fly for the individual viewer.

What they haven't realised, yet, is that their streams can be saved - their digital rights management stuff is broken. (I had a go earlier and got around it in about 4 minutes).

Ooo how?

I won't get into it here (and yet). There's a thing called OPENhulu (dot com) which lets all the content be screened without having an invite, also (which is perfectly legal, due to the fact they let people embed their content). Also, that site has a link at the top which lets people outside the US watch. So, uhm, well done studios on that score - iTunes content had unbroken copy protection on it.