[mythtv-users] Boxee/Hulu?

[David Brodbeck]

On Thu, February 19, 2009 7:33 am, Brad Fuller wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 7:18 AM, Dean Collins <Dean at cognation.net> wrote:
>> Another example i
>>
>> "What Boxee is doing is taking copies of the NY Times, cutting them up
>> to A4
>> size sheets and then distributing your version of the NY Times at the
>> 32nd
>> and 7th ave exit of Penn Station.
>>
>> Sure NY Times will be selling more copies so should be happy, but Boxee
>> are
>> repurposing the content into their vision without the permission of the
>> original licensor.
>
> this analogy and your original made perfect sense to me.

What I don't understand is what Hulu is hoping will happen instead.  Do
they really think the wave of the future is people huddled around computer
monitors, with a keyboard and mouse, to watch content?  Or are they hoping
to spin off their own STB, to get another revenue stream?