TED Talks
TED: Pirates, nurses and other rebel designers | Alice Rawsthorn
In this ode to design renegades, Alice Rawsthorn highlights the work of unlikely heroes, from Blackbeard to Florence Nightingale. Drawing a line from these bold thinkers to some early modern visionaries like Buckminster Fuller, Rawsthorn...
PBS
Will Kickstarter Replace Hollywood?
Although it's funding is nowhere NEAR the amount Hollywood invests in moviemaking each year, crowdfunding is a way better indicator of what the audience wants to see, the one area Hollywood has failed in time and time again. Will...
PBS
Is Piracy Helping Game of Thrones?
A huge amount of viewers of the HBO series Game of Thrones (not us of course, no no no) are downloading the show illegally. But despite being the most pirated show of 2012, the Game of Thrones DVDs are top sellers, breaking HBO's own...
TED Talks
Rob Reid: The $8 billion iPod
Comic author Rob Reid unveils Copyright Math (TM), a remarkable new field of study based on actual numbers from entertainment industry lawyers and lobbyists.
TED Talks
Robert Neuwirth: The power of the informal economy
Robert Neuwirth spent four years among the chaotic stalls of street markets, talking to pushcart hawkers and gray marketers, to study the remarkable "System D," the world's unlicensed economic network. Responsible for some 1.8 billion...
Curated Video
Zheng Yi Sao Takes Control of the South China Seas
Following the death of her husband, Zheng Yi Sao refused to conform to the expectations of widowhood and instead took full command of their pirate operations. With the support of Zheng Yi's nephew, his adopted son, and other key allies,...
Curated Video
Combatting Movie Piracy: Evolving Strategies in the Film Industry
This video discusses the rampant issue of piracy in the movie industry, focusing on the unauthorized distribution of screeners and the impact on filmmakers and studios. It highlights efforts such as developing secure DVD players to...
Curated Video
The REAL Female Pirate Of The Caribbean | Anne Bonny | Pirate Queens Of The Sea
We're all familiar with the idea of a female pirate in fiction, such as Elizabeth Swann in Pirates of the Caribbean, who were the REAL female pirates in the Golden Age of Piracy? Anne Bonny would become one of the most notorious pirates...
Curated Video
How Are Computer Games ‘Cracked’?
Game cracking involves bypassing security checks implemented by gaming companies. Hackers use tools such as kernel-mode debuggers, disassemblers, and hex-editors, which allow manipulation of the game's code. In this video, we will...
Weird History
Where Did The Pirate Accent Come From?
The seafaring criminals known as pirates have existed for thousands of years. But because of the portrayals found in literature - or seen in films, TV shows, or on stage - much of what the general public thinks about pirates is likely...
Archaia Historia
A Brief History of Greek Colonisation
In this episode we will have a general look at the Greek Archaic Age of discovery and colonisation.
Jabzy
Asian Pirates - Stuff That I Find Interesting
In this video, Jabzy brings us historical tidbits and unknown facts about Asian Pirates
Jabzy
Early Cinema - Stuff That I Find Interesting
In this video, Jabzy brings us historical tidbits and unknown facts about the Early Cinema
Weird History
Witnessing A Pirate Execution
By the 17th and 18th centuries, however, piracy threatened European empire-building, so to curb such behavior, Britain punished the marauders and put them on display. Unlike what you may see in the best pirate movies, the life of a...
Weird History
13 Bizarre Pirate Traditions
Pirates have a reputation--admittedly earned--for being ruthless, bloodthirsty killers. Life on the high seas demanded so much of those willing to brave it that it became customary for new pirates to develop an honorable accord. Pirates...
British Movietone
League of Nations meeting.
Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for historical accuracy and do not represent the opinions or editorial policies of...
Curated Video
Will The 'Streaming Wars' Cause A Rise In Digital Piracy?
Viewers don't necessarily want to subscribe to multiple streaming services for just a couple shows. Does that mean they'll resort to piracy?
Curated Video
Fallon: UK wants continuing EU security partnership
British Defence Secretary Michael Fallon, UK Secretary of Defence insisted on Tuesday that the UK would continue to co-operate with Europe on security issues during and after the process of leaving the European Union.
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Bloomberg
Streaming Services Crack Down on Password Sharing
Nov.08 -- Streaming services are discussing measures to close a loophole that could be costing them billions of dollars a year. Bloomberg's Lucas Shaw reports on 'Bloomberg Technology.'
Curated Video
New strategy to target pirates in busy shipping lane off Somalia coast
1. Wide view from Pakistani warship PNS Babur as it approaches US ship
2. Wide of US ship refuelling PNS Babur
3. Mid of PNS Babur being refuelled
4. Wide of ship's crew working
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Commander Lydia Robertson, US Navy...
Bloomberg
Will Console Makers Have Tough Time in China?
Sept. 29 ""A.T. Kearney Asia-Pacific Partner Naveen Menon discusses China allowing the first game consoles to go on sale in the country after a 14-year ban and the challenges the industry faces with Bloomberg's Rishaad Salamat on On The...
Curated Video
US Officials: Pirates Back in Waters Off Somalia
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLYSHOTLIST:POOL - AP CLIENTS ONLYDjibouti - 23 April 20171. Jim Mattis arriving at military base, exiting car and greeting officials2. Various of Mattis shaking hands with military officials3. Mattis...
Curated Video
USA: TRADE WAR TALKS TO CONTINUE
English/Nat
The United States and China will return to the negotiating table next week to try to head off a threatened trade war.
The announcement of the resumption of talks in Beijing comes less than 24-hours after the US declared it...