El blog americano TechCrunch califica a la española ADNStream (y su versión en inglés DNAStream) de copia de Joost….

-DNAstream didn’t copy Joost at all. We worked in parallel and we first saw two weeks before we launch our site on May 31st in Spain. We were working on this since January. Try to do a full screen TV interface with a black background and check if it “breathes” like Joost.

-DNAstream.tv is much more than a “Joost like” interface. We have a recommendation algorithm behind that let users receive the kind of content they like more depending on their own rating.

I have great respect for both Kazaah and Skype which I belive is great innovative ideas but I think the Joost product is flat, boring and a disappointment if not a slight embarressment on the otherwise great reputation of the two founders.

Colm Maccargaith, Joosts Network Architect ,explains Joosts network in this video

http://www.scaryideas.com/video/2362/

This video also explains why they need a client .

Dirk van Gulick Joosts CTO calls Joost a TV Browser .

if it’s about making money, I doubt youtube is even breaking even yet because of the bandwidth expense.

joost on the other hand has literally no bandwidth expense at all, or server hardware, datacenter, etc. so rather than loosing money and waiting for the ad revenue to exceed bandwidth costs (which even the biggest video site in the world has not figured out yet), joost will be making money and hence can stay in for the long haul

Joost will only make money off viewers and they can only succeed if they can get unique content. DNAstream and clones can make money selling/leasing the player to other websites as well as building viewership on their own sites.

DNAstream seems less risky but wont become the next youtube.

Where is this joost trademark stuff? I dont see it.

http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.com

Firefox, Mozilla, Opera, Google might make IPTV browser for free. Google brought Maxthon. They were planning to release IPTV browers for free.

I bet three years… Apple is still working secret IPTV browser.

Here’s company. I think they will make free IPTV browser and to increase internet users.

Yahoo
ASK!
Google
Microsoft
Amazon
Apple
Dell (also)
maybe skype
maybe facebook

There’s IPTV mashup. you and draw picture on newsachor face or draw football prints.

Oh, and Ali and Billy, go back to your webcams and stop bothering the grown-ups.

Bring on da Bootylicious Babes!!

;PPP

I Hope + Pray there will be some Web3.0 Hotties @ TechCrunch 40 + not just a bunch o boring Nerds + Money Dudes in Suits*

The flash based solutions are NOT p2p, meaning they suffer from download costs… maybe in the day of youtube being bought for $1.6B means losing money because of bandwidth is ok, but I think the Joost’ers think differently…

Remember, this is round 3 of there p2p startups (kazaa, skype, now joost). Their bandwidth cost is pretty darn close to zero because every Joost player is also a server.

Twenty years of software lawsuits has shown you can’t sue for similar user interface designs. Apple Computer, Inc. v. Microsoft Corporation proved it decisively in 1994. Unless Joost has received patents on their UI controls (which I doubt), they are out of luck.

As for trademarks, since the other services aren’t using the Joost mark to advertise their service, I don’t see that angle either.

Wasting Time and talking to media — Like Powerset.

As others have pointed out, Joosts problem is content, not U/I. It’s all boring crap. Unless they change that, some competitor will swallow them - even if they go for a Win3.1 looking interface.