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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.
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Subscribe to commentsLiorDec 18th 2007 2:11AM
Still no Hulu for international users, bummer :-(.
Brad HillDec 17th 2007 12:16PM
If I were Hulu I'd be thrilled.
kingkool68Dec 17th 2007 1:13PM
I still haven't activated my Hulu private beta invite. I just don't have time.
ranemanDec 17th 2007 1:13PM
But you have time to post a comment about having an invite. lol
kingkool68Dec 17th 2007 1:14PM
Well i don't have time to explore the siter and watch some videos.
PhilipDec 17th 2007 1:22PM
If you don't want it I would be more then glad to take it off your hands.
kendrewDec 17th 2007 6:39PM
I have an invite too, except theres no point in activating it since I'm not in the US
Matt SchlichtDec 17th 2007 6:32PM
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.
michaelDec 18th 2007 7:35AM
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.
lobDec 19th 2007 2:55PM
"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.
lobDec 19th 2007 6:20PM
Oh yeah, this is my simple little side. Completely ad free:
http://hulustuff.blogspot.com/
SertacJan 2nd 2008 9:41AM
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...
IssamJan 7th 2008 11:32AM
Just heard about the Hulu generation, anyone knows of where to get invites?