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ALL YOUR VIDEOS ARE BELONG TO US. That was the message today when YouTube went down today. See this blog for more. Perplexing. It's a real story- see CNet.
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NPR on “Amateurs Getting Paid”
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Click here to listen to NPR report by Laura Sydell about amateur video creators getting paid. It’s mostly about Google Video and the EepyBird fellas. What’s annoying is that Google Video is hailed as sharing with creators when EepyBird is the exception not the rule. In fact the rest of us will get nothing from Google unless we…
Battered User Syndrome: YouTube and Online Monopolies
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Want your Gmail to replace your YouTube messaging? Sorry- but here are some pretty thumb icons you can use to rate comments! Who would have thought the market would be so beholden to YouTube’s inside-out design… half way through 2008? By now, I would have predicted that Web 2.0 would offer us endless options for customizing a video…
Amateur’s Counter-Notification on Viacom Results in Clip Returning
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Remember that YouTube yanked Christopher Knight’s clip because Viacom complained? Well it’s back. Here’s the note he got from YouTube. Dear Kwerky, In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, we’ve completed processing your counter-notification dated x/xx/xx regarding your video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddyVQwpByug This content has been restored and your account will not be penalized. Sincerely, Harry…
Prank Vote: Decide Ernie’s Next Humiliation
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Poor Ernie. His friendly roommates play pranks on him non-stop, and document them on PrankVote.com. We’re not sure they’re all real, but we don’t care. In Library pervert, the guys replace Ernie’s Windows startup sound with porn sounds, and then put “art” books in his bag so the alarm goes off as he leaves the library. In…
Guacamole Ukulele Song
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One of the cool things about the AppleTV is that I can doze off watching YouTube videos. Once in a blue moon, I find something so delightful that I spring out of bed and dart downstairs to watch more or write the creator. Tonight I found the “Guacamole Ukulele” song by the the incredibly talented…
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Google Video Ads… Not Too Obnoxious
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Here’s a sample of the Google ads that will run via AdSense (but not initially on Google itself). Not too obnoxious in my opinion. Thoughts? They don’t auto load which is so critical.