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17 Apr 08

Wired 14.12: YouTube vs. Boob Tube

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Until about five minutes ago
Which they do, millions of times a day, from pages all over the Internet. That's
the demand side of the equation – monkey see, monkey use – foreshadowing the
future of media, already in progress.
- From the old saying Monkey see- monkey do to monkey see- monkey use. As unreal as this may seems, this is true and this is one reason why the internet is exploding, as they say the "future of media is already in progess"- we are here and are now changing technology, television and online media. - on 2008-04-17
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- This fall, YouTube struck deals with Warner Music Group, CBS, Universal Music
  Group, and Sony BMG, not only to detect copyrighted material and, if necessary,
  remove it, but also to make much of it available to amateur video makers in
  exchange for a split of ad revenue.
  - This right here shows how big the YouTube phenomena is becoming. This is a smart move to make sure YouTube can not be sued, but it is also helping out inspiring video makers. This is genius! - on 2008-04-17
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- Ah, yes, the titans of yore. GeoCities. Prodigy. Netscape. But hold on; we're
  speaking of the missing link here, and the defining nature of missing links is
  that they go missing. They are, by definition, transitory. They evolve, change
  the future, and disappear. Is YouTube some interim killer app, languishing on
  Darwin's death row?
  - The Surival of the Fittest- And I must say that YouTube seems like it will be here to stay. They may change, but disappearing, well that does not seem like that is going to happen any time soon. Even my dad, who does not know how to turn on a computer, knows about YouTube. That has got to mean something. - on 2008-04-17
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Wired 14.12: The Secret World of Lonelygirl

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Lonelygirl15 wouldn't exist without the explosion of broadband and the advent of
YouTube – and partly by the appeal of a hybrid form of storytelling.
Lonelygirl15 is a mashup of homemade video diary, soap opera, and mysterious,
hint-laden narrative like Lost.
In short, they were planning to exploit the anonymity of the Internet to pull
off a new kind of storytelling, and they worried they were on shaky legal
ground.
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- Goodfried's advice was simple. "If anyone asks point-blank if you're real, don't
  answer the question," he said. "Don't lie to people. The answer is no answer. In
  my mind, it's the equivalent of not lying. But if people talk to Bree like she's
  Bree, that's fair game."
- A conventional TV episode airs once at a certain time; even if it's great, it
  can only serve to attract viewers to future episodes. On YouTube, a video can be
  streamed at any time
- It's a concept that the Internet portals understand better. "Yahoo says it wants
  to be the network of the 21st century," Beckett says. "And we're the production
  company of the 21st century."