Today, with the start of climate negotiations in Copehagen, Link TV has teamed up with OneClimate.net and Justin.tv to launch the pioneering Copenhagen 24/7, a live webstream of breaking news, press conferences, and pre-recorded crowd-sourced video, straight from the frontlines of the summit. Follow summit events as they unfold and participate in a live chat with the millions of other viewers expected to tune in December 7-19, 2009.

While up to 200 global leaders, officials, and ministers are expected to participate in the historic negotiations to determine parameters of the next phase of the Kyoto Protocol, many are skeptical that parties will actually be able to deliver a comprehensive international agreement, and protestors have already begun to mobilize. Many developing nations have even stated that they are prepared to walk out of negotiations if fair and binding terms, that address their needs specifically, are not reached. Adaptation funding, clean technology transfer, and emission reduction targets are just a few of the issues that will undoubtedly present challenges for both developed and developing countries to consent on.

Midway through negotiations, on December 12th, people all over the world will be taking action to ensure participating parties heading into the final days of negotiations are prepared to deliver a real deal that safeguards the future of citizens worldwide.

So be sure to tune in to Copenhagen 24/7 to follow these exciting events, and up-to-the-minute news straight from the source. And follow Link's Action Alerts on Twitter for more updates on Climate Change, and to find out what you can do!

Chris Anderson's recent book release "Free: The Future of a Radical Price" has been garnering a lot of vitriolic attention in the press, voiced most prominently in Malcolm Gladwell's critical article for the New Yorker. Anderson, Wired's editor-in-chief and author of "The Long Tail," looks at the history of free models in business, as a lens through which to view today's proliferation of free content online. At Link TV we offer all the videos we can online for free, but we're constantly dealing with the struggles of broadcast TV, documentary filmmakers and other content creators.

We were recently in New York for the Open Video Conference, where Wikipedia announced its plans to add video support. Check out my article "Free and open: video's Cambrian explosion" at SF360, which talks about Anderson's book, free content online, the future of video, and Wikimedia's plans. From the article:

"In the next few months Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia that allows anyone to edit entries, will start allowing visitors to add videos to articles. Users will be able to click on that edit button and add some demonstrative video to illustrate the point at hand, and then any other user will likewise be able to delete it. But then there’s a Wikipedia twist: anyone will also be able to edit that video, or create it from scratch using in-browser video editing, and any other user will then be able to say, that sucks, and re-edit it however they like. Don’t like that title card? Bam! Gone! Bad timing on that close-up? It’s off to the History scrap pile, just like any other piece of text." Continue reading...

For Chris Anderson's take on the future of news and newspapers, check out this video from Link TV partners ForaTV: