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They exist. Qik, UStream, and TapIn are among them. TapIn in particular was designed for protestors and recording authorities, and provides no means to delete footage on the recording device itself - it must be done from the user's account page, by which time the video will have been downloaded and redistributed beyond the user's (or the police's) ability to control.

Try Qik

http://qik.com/

It does exactly that.

I can't think of a better way to handle such abuses.

Similarly, activists have been using Qik video streaming for a few years. They have decent social network integration, so you also have a way to let your friends know you've just been repressed.

Arranging a social group who will actually do anything when you post a video of you being repressed is not included. Best to do that part ahead of time.

qik.com has an app for iPhone/Android, etc allows you to stream video you're recording directly to your account over 3G/4G, etc. People dealing with TSA Abuse have been documenting and recording them using this app and similar. Even if your phone is confiscated, the video is already on the server.

I keep Qik video on my phone for this reason. It's an Android app that is developed by (or owned by?) the Skype guys. Videos are "instantly" uploaded online, although there's presumably a small time gap during which the upload is happening that the phone could be stopped/destroyed/etc.

Whenever this topic comes up, I feel the need to link people to Qik: http://qik.com/ Its a video app for Android and iOS that will automatically upload your video once you take it. So even if your phone is confiscated, and the data deleted, the video is already out there.

I'm sure there are other services, but http://qik.com/ has a pretty good interface. Shoot the video on your phone, hit stop, video gets automatically uploaded to your account, YouTube, etc.

We need "broadcast" 'net connected video and photo cams.
That stream LIVE into hosting services in realtime.

Qik is one.

How about if they call it "www.qik.com" and the corresponding free apps that go with it. Oh wait, they've already done that...

Already got it:

http://qik.com/
http://openwatch.net/apps/

Qik

Qik

From the "What is Qik?" page:

Before you finish recording, your Qiks are already saved to your online Video Gallery, ready for safe-keeping or sharing.

Qik

Qik does just that: stream your video to its site in real time as fast as your mobile connection allows you to. However, it uses a proprietary recording app to accomplish that. You can also set the movies to private/shared from within that interface, chat with your viewers, etc.

We're already there. Qik has had apps on multiple platforms (Android, iPhone, BlackBerry, etc) for quite some time. The app streams live video directly from your phone to the web and can tweet/post to Facebook when you start recording. Videos can be viewed and downloaded after recording, as well.

Already exists.

http://qik.com/

The real trick is to post everything directly to "The Cloud".

True. And the easiest way to do it is to use Qik. You can even set that up for the vids to land directly onto YouTube.

http://qik.com/phones

I saw a reference in the comments of the article, I have not personally tried it.

Yes, http://qik.com/ Qik supports android and iPhone.. it worked well on my 3g and works fine on my android.

QIK will do live streaming from certain phones.

Qik does this quite well.

http://qik.com/

Well if Bambuser is being blocked (and I suspect its a mix of more slashdotting and blocking), there is also Qik and Ustream

Unless the victims sue and start winning big judgments, this behavior isn't going to change.

With the only way for that to happen being an informed, prepared population, perhaps it's time for the /. readership to arm themselves with technology. The camera is the new gun.

http://itookthisonmyphone.com/

http://qik.com/

There are probably some others, but these are the two I have messed with.

Someone should write a video-sharing app for the current iPhone

Someone did. And that's not the only one, either. It requires a jailbroken phone, though :-/

You can do it now. You just have to go around the SDK.

http://qik.com/blog/206/qik-announces-iphone-3g-support

Heck you can do it on the original iPhones as well.

Works fine.

Here's a video of this phenomenon in action: http://qik.com/video/361273

I made a video of the effect I described above. Near the end of the video, you can see me touch the wall where the button is sitting, and even though it is 10 feet away the switch is activated by the discharge of static electricity.

http://qik.com/video/361273

They took along *anything* and *everything* that might be related to possible riots. When they raided a home that wasn't actually the correct home, they still detained people for over and hour while they obtained the correct warrant. When I read that I posted that I was concerned that when I arrived at home that I too would find cops on my doorstep because after all, that was the point of all of this horseshit.

When you finally hear from the other side you learn that the "buckets of urine" was actually gray water used to flush the toilet (my father developed a tank system in the 1980s that used shower/tub water to flush the toilet which saved us so much money that the water company came out 3 or 4 different times to replace the meter because they thought it was defective).

I have been ashamed to be an American for a long ass time but between the Ramsey County Sheriff's response to this event, the confiscation of camera equipment in the name of Homeland Security for the RNC, and using Blackwater mercenaries in New Orleans in preparation for Gustav I am not quite sure I am actually living in the United States of America anymore.

I am disgusted to be a Minnesota and United States resident. This is fucking shameful and horrifying. There is absolutely no excuse for this type of free speech violation. This is a stupid political rally, not a fucking war on our soil. Personally I'd love to join the protests but I seriously fear for my freedom and my life. I am not against the RNC but I am definitely against the manner in which protesting is being handled.

FUCK YOU AMERICA.

For live footage of raids and other First Amendment violations, check out The UpTake on Qik.com.