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How Will Online Video Sites Deal With Liability? Can They Have Their Souflee And Eat It Too?

ByNalts

Jean-Baptiste Soufron is French, Chief Legal Officer of the Wikimedia Foundation, writes in this recent blog post that “more and more copyrighted content are being uploaded on their servers without the proper authorizations from copyright owners.” Says Soufron, their content is too often violating third parties copyright or privacy, they expose their users to the…

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Al Gore’s Best Invention Since the Internet: Money for Videos!

ByNalts

Al Gore has had an invention drought since he created the Internet’s tubes and pipes. But he’s back with Current TV. Current has been just out my peripheral vision until I saw its booth at the Independent Feature Project (IFP) event yesterday. Then Techcrunch today reported on Current’s partnership with Yahoo. If your video is…

YouTube Heroically Guards Against Photosensitive Epilepsy

ByNalts

I was uploading some videos today, and I found a new “YouTube Ratings” check-box. You gotta let them know if you’re uploading a video with strobing or flashing lights. It seems YouTube is guarding those people with photosensitive epilepsy. People living with this condition experience epileptiform seizures upon exposure to certain visual stimuli. I wonder…

First Online-Video Star Receives Medal of Honor by NYC National Arts Club

ByNalts

Caitlin Hill, known online as TheHill88, received NYC’s National Arts Club’s prestigious “Medal of Honor” this week (see press release which I just finished toiling over because I’m consulting with Hitviews. The 20-year-old Australian video creator joins former medal recipients Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, Leonard Bernstein, Salvador Dali, and Martin Scorcese. Three US Presidents have…