Article on the Hulu, Boxee, TV.com, etc flaps:
Hulu caused quite a stir this week when, at the request of rights holders, it shut down Boxee’s access to its streaming video platform. While many discussed the business implications of this move, some are ready to do more than just talk about it. One reader wrote to tell us that he’s gonna stop using Hulu altogether and go back to downloading TV shows via BitTorrent. Lifehacker editor Adam Pash apparently had the same idea, given his post entitled “How to Get Hulu Content on TV Without Hulu’s Help.”
Bottom line is that there’s only one lesson you need to learn about the effect the internet can have on a business: inconvenience people, and they’ll get what they want from the next most convenient supplier.
