This is clearly a response to Boxee, and I think Hulu will continue to try to block Boxee using technical and/or legal means. It's not in the interest of Hulu o

This is clearly a response to Boxee, and I think Hulu will continue to try to block Boxee using technical and/or legal means. It's not in the interest of Hulu or the studios/networks to cooperate with Boxee. The Boxee approach significantly weakens Hulu's position. The only alternative to a legal/technical block is an acquisition or formal partnership, but there are a number of issues with such an approach, including the acquisition price ($6-8 mil min given Boxee's recent $4 mil financing), the fact that another startup could emerge and use Hulu's RSS feeds, etc.