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Copyright Law, YouTube and Creative Commons

Nice piece by ZeFrank on copyright law, YouTube, and Creative Commons. It’s not as funny as his normal daily blog, but very informative. Raises some important issues about consumer-generated videos and the implications of profit, copyright law and Adam Curry who steals stuff.

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Anchor Jodi Applegate Loses It (funny video)

In this video, “Bike Theft Stunt,” field reporter for Fox station loses her cool when guy cuts finger trying to saw a bicycle lock. This is supposed to be Jodi Applegate, but I just spent 15 minutes on Google trying to verify that by coupling her name with bike, bicycle, lock, prank, ruse… nothing. Wait……

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Making Sure Your Video Gets Found on Google

Most online-video sites are doing a good job of search-engine optimizing videos for Google and other search engines. If you search videos by your title or username, the link to the site should be in the first page results. There are a few things you can do to help ensure this works for you: Select…

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The Article That Popped the Online Video Zit

Kevin Maney of the USAToday wrote the article that might pop the Internet online video zit. And it needs to be popped. I can’t stop looking at it. I just want to take my thumbs together and pop that pulsating red and white pimple. Because only when it’s gone can we move to the interesting…

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YouTube Uploader Gets Sued For Copyright Infringement

Sensational headline, and not yet true (that I’m aware). But it will be this summer. If you’re ripping off TV and uploading it, you can’t hide behind YouTube. Remember the Napster days when a few individuals got singled out and brought to court? We’ll soon see a few high-profile lawsuits against not YouTube but its…

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The DailyReel Debuts to Save You the Hunt for Good Videos

A new entrant to the online video space… The Daily Reel bills itself as a “news magazine that covers online video, selects the best content, and offers critical analysis from the industry’s top journalists.” This one looks for real. Here’s the “about.” Contributors include Matthew Ross (Variety), Anthony Kaufman, (indieWire, Wall Street Journal Online), Marjorie…