Ridley Scott and Kevin Macdonald Document "Life in a Day" on YouTube
Ever wanted to premiere a film at Sundance? Even if you can barely hold a camera steady, you may have a chance. ... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsRumblefish Offering Music Licensing for Personal Videos
YouTube—and, let’s face it, the Internet as a whole—is a barren copyright battleground. Co-opting licensed material for personal use is a practice battled by media giants and artists alike. YouTube is the current D-Day of the copyright war, with hundreds of videos broadcasting licensed material or taking licensed music to provide soundtrack to everything from wedding videos to the cutest cat in all the land. Media licensing company Rumblefish is tossing its weight in by offering a new service, called Friendly Music, that allows users to purchase licenses to music titles for personal use.... read more
Found in: Industry, NewsGoogle Receives Cease-and-Desist from BPI, Plans to Launch Music Service
Google is a hot topic on the interwebs these days. When the company isn’t getting sued by Viacom, it’s preparing to launch a music-download service to accompany its search engine. According to the Wall Street Journal, the service might become available later this year, but an actual music download store or online subscription service wouldn’t be available until 2011. In addition to offering the new music services for the Android as well as the web, Google is also planning on launching a digital bookstore sometime this year.... read more
Found in: Industry, NewsFive Celebrities Who Got Their Start on YouTube
Twelve-year-old Greyson Chance made internet waves when a video of his performance of Lady Gaga’s “Paparazzi” at a sixth grade talent show surfaced on YouTube. The clip, which was posted three weeks ago, has gathered more than 20 million views.... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayFacebook, Yahoo, eBay Defend YouTube in Viacom Suit
Back in 2007, Viacom filed a $1 billion lawsuit against Google’s popular video-viewing website, YouTube, claiming more than 63,000 copyrighted clips had been posted on the site. As reported by Bloomberg, YouTube is using the provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which protects service providers as long as they remove copyrighted material immediately after being notified about the infringement, as its defense.... read more
Found in: Industry, NewsAwesome of the Day: Muziic DJ
In addition to being the premiere source for amusing-if-not-mildly-exploitative videos featuring kittens, small children and/or histrionic pseudo-celebrities, YouTube also makes a pretty good last-minute house party DJ.... read more
Found in: Blogs, Awesome of the DayHappy Fifth Birthday, YouTube!
In some ways, it’s hard to believe YouTube has only been around for five years. The video-viewing website made especially famous after the Saturday Night Live digital short “Lazy Sunday” was uploaded to its homepage has its links embedded all over the Internet and comes up in daily conversations, despite its relatively short existence.... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsWerner Herzog reads "Where's Waldo?"
OK, so it’s clearly someone impersonating Herzog, but it’s no less Herzogian. Finding Waldo has never been so existential. There are many great lines, but my favorite is the little aside, “Wait a minute. Who is that man with the beard?….” Some of the funniest 2 minutes and 35 seconds I’ve witnessed in a while. ... read more
Found in: Blogs, Awesome of the DayAwesome of the Day: "Sassy Gay Friend" On Shakespeare
“Meet Ophelia from Shakespeare’s Hamlet. She’s about to take her own life. This fate could have been avoided if she had a sassy, gay friend.” So begins the first of the “Sassy Gay Friend” series from Chicago’s legendary Second City comedy troupe. The short films, starring Brian Gallivan and directed by Joshua Funk, offer alternative endings to your favorite Shakespearean plays if only the tragic female characters had a sassy gay friend to talk some sense into them.... read more
Found in: Blogs, High GravityAwesome of the Day: "Sassy Gay Friend" On Shakespeare
“Meet Ophelia from Shakespeare’s Hamlet. She’s about to take her own life. This fate could have been avoided if she had a sassy, gay friend.” So begins the first of the “Sassy Gay Friend” series from Chicago’s legendary Second City comedy troupe. The short films, starring Brian Gallivan and directed by Joshua Funk, offer alternative endings to your favorite Shakespearean plays if only the tragic female characters had a sassy gay friend to talk some sense into them.... read more
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