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The Internet Video on Demand Challenge – Introducing the Snowball® OpenDelivery™ network

The rationale behind the Snowball® OpenDelivery™ project. A three-part essay on the state of Internet Video on Demand today and the formidable challenges such services face.

Can Internet Video on Demand actually deliver?

• Overview
• High expectations of quality
• The structural advantage of DVD/Blu-Ray over Internet Video on Demand
• Infrastructure constraints limit the appeal of Internet Video on Demand
• "Net Neutrality": ISP hostility to Internet Video on Demand
• Conclusion: The predictable failure of Internet Video on Demand

The search for a High-Definition Video on Demand solution

• Overview
• No relief from cheaper bandwidth
• There is no free lunch: the Peer-to-Peer illusion
• The four commandments of a High-Definition Video on Demand solution
• Conclusion: Introducing the Snowball® OpenDelivery™ network

An elegant way to fight widespread copyright infringement on the Internet

• Overview
• Economic rationale of piracy and counterfeiting
• Shortcomings of copy-prevention methods
• Shortcomings of individual watermarking techniques
• A novel strategy: how to dry up pirate peer-to-peer networks
• Conclusion: Using the Snowball® OpenDelivery™ network as a piracy deterrent

Summary: Snowball® OpenDelivery™: a novel approach to content-delivery networks

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