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.
Can’t tell if this was programmed or created with PhotoShop. Either way, it took a long time to arrange. I give you… Tetris with Building Lights.
Just discovered that WillVideoForFood is listed as one of the top 7 “Fastest Growing Blogs.” Based on this post, I’d put it down on the bottom of the “most humble blogs.”
Not a lot of the online video sites pay much attention to the blogosphere (yes I’m talking about YouTube especially) so it’s nice to get a note like the one below. The backdrop is that I produced a video called “Lay Me Off” (aka “Fireable Offense”) that features myself trying to get laid off. Folks…
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……
Thee’s a grassroots effort to save sweet Mentos from the cruelty of Diet Coke. You too can help. Visit http://www.savementosnow.com/. I’m not involved in the effort, but I made ’em a PSA when I learned about it via the Revver blog.
I do a lot of my videotaping from the car. One-hour commute and a busy day-job plus kids. Gotta squeeze the stuff in. I’ve had a lot of warnings about DWV (Driving while videotaping) but this e-mail from my brother is my favorite. First his warning, then he recounts the conversation we had 15 years…
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…
One of the great things about online video is that, for the most part, you can make a video go away. Recently I created a video called “Lay Me Off.” It featured me eating crayons, tossing wet kleenex and wearing a robe to meetings. I’m squishing bananas on my boss’s desk, pushing a guy’s tie…
A “guilty pleasure” site: Blennus. My slogan for it. “Blennus: The red-neck cousin of Break.com.” Three warnings: 1) It’s got really annoying ads, 2) It knew what city I’m in because it featured narly local women in a banner, 3) Some of the stuff is PG-13 or worse.