ZeFrank (ZeFrank show) has become part of my daily ritual. Addicting but the side effects are minimal. And he’s the Jon Stewart for a generation of ADHD video viewers… we want it quick, funny and ad-free.
In today’s edition, he pokes fun at YouTube for its new policy on ownership of content.
Oh it’s so rare when someone writes an intelligent article about online video (aka viral) marketing. And it’s pretty funny when you’ve never heard of the author but she happens to work for the digital agency you employ in your day job. Anyway, here’s “Strategies for Making Video Ads Go Viral,” by Christine Beardsell (Digitas)…
What would Spongebob do (WWSD) if he found a fan remix of one of his ditties on YouTube? He’d rejoice. But Mr. Crabs? Probably send YouTube a DCMA “take-down” letter. It’s happened before with my homage to Cartoon Network’s Finn & Jake’s beloved “Treetrunks.” Nonetheless, here’s my remix of the lovely “Musical Doodle” earworm from a recent…
I just about peed on myself looking at the videos on this Jack Link's Beef Jerkey campaign website. To see some really funny ads, click on the video camera hanging on the tree. They feature hikers taunting Sasquatch with various pranks. You may also want to visit Sasquatch's MySpace. (Courtesy of Adrants). Someone please post…
Courtesy of the Video Rambler, we bring you… “Gestation in 20 Seconds.” Man- I could handle that. Wonder how long labor took. .02 seconds?
I’m getting swarms of traffic from the YouTube feature, so I thought I owed it to new visitors to explain this blog briefly. It focuses on the online video space — especially for creators of videos or those who are looking to advertise and market via viral video. My goal is to use this blog…
I’m going to have difficulty keeping up with the blog posts this week because I’m “on the lamb.” As some of you might have seen, YouTube founders Steven Chen and Chad Hurley kidnapped me in their basement. I was able to escape. Now I’ve warned my wife, and I’m going to keep away from my…
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Youtube fkin rules
http://www.cafepress.com/urbangrenade
Fkin classic, how clueless to you have to be to make that commment in todays day n’ age?
http://www.cafepress.com/urbangrenade
But Zefrank isn’t ad free and YouTube policy isn’t that new.
And BoingBoing has all the details on YouTube’s contract. A small but important line was left out of the initital story, “For clarity, you retain all of your ownership rights in your User Submissions.”
Update here:
http://www.boingboing.net/2006/07/20/more_on_youtubes_con.html
True ZeFrank has ads, but his clips run without them. Single ad frame isn’t too intrusive… maybe a few ads surrounding it. I guess I meant you don’t have to endure commercial breaks in the middle of his rapid fire.
Yeah- I got carried away with the YouTube policy stuff. I’m not even sure why the change was newsworthy. I think it’s understood that when you upload content you allow it to take a life beyond your control.
The thing to watch for in policy’s is a) exclusive, and b) perpetual.