Rosemary Kirstein

The Worldcon live stream was BANNED due to “copyright infringement” —

This because they were awarding the Dramatic Presentation awards, each of which came with a CLIP FROM THE TV SHOW nominated. Which was shown. Streaming. On to the Internet. Against, apparently, the freaking LAW!

Seriously? I mean, SERIOUSLY?

I’M GOING TO TYPE ALL IN CAPS BECAUSE I’M YELLING NOW.

Damn.

Well. I did get to see Neil Gaiman accept the award for best Dramatic Presentation short form, for the Dr. Who episode “The Doctor’s Wife”, which he wrote.

But I guess that’s it for the Hugos tonight.

The blogosphere (at least that part of it to which I pay attention) is largely silent this weekend..

Probably because all my favorite bloggers are either at DragonCon in Atlanta, or WorldCon in Chicago.

So, not only can I not be there myself, I must also forgo my usual fix of witticisms, deep thoughts and general geekery.

I am doubly deprived. snf.

But — aha — it’s the twenty-first century!

Worldcon is going to stream the Hugo Awards ceremony live. 8pm Central time.

There’s also a live stream of text-based coverage, with Kevin Standlee and Mur Lafferty reporting from the Grand Ballroom at the Hyatt.

So, I shall be watching from the comfort of my little (subterranean) garret. Plus: during the boring bits (come on, there are some) I can dust, pay my bills, practice a little guitar — all options not available to me were I present in person.

So I can still be among the first to know who wins!

(Still… wish I could be there…)