arstechnica.com — The combination of automatic content filtering and a legal spat between YouTube and Warner Music has led to thousands of videos being pulled from the video streaming site in recent weeks. Now the Electronic Frontier Foundation is seeking a few good mashup makers willing to fight back.
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euyakuzaFeb 4, 2009
anyway they can't do nothing to youtube
Closed AccountFeb 5, 2009
f**k THE RIAA (and friends)
thetruthisFeb 5, 2009
Buried for MrBabyMan.
remeloxFeb 5, 2009
It's more likely that the economic crisis will just make the recording industry more predatory. It will also probably limit what we hear on commercial radio (not that I will listen anymore nor have I for over fifteen years). People seem to keep spending money in the wrong places. Microsoft spent money in advertising rather than software development to change public opinion. The recording industry is trying to do the same thing with their lawsuits. If they were smart, they would spend more money on talent and new forms of distribution than lawsuits and enforcing their strict distribution rules.I really hope that artists start self-marketing more. Problem is, no matter how many of them say they just want to get their message out or practice their carft, they're mostly greedy bastards like the rest of us. If you want to make some massive amounts of money, you need to hook up with a major company. Most groups that do so, find out that they are forty steps below Madonna and Spears even if they are artistically superior.
khastFeb 5, 2009
Couple low end microphones, a cheap mixer, and a low end dell with Windows installed costs less than $1000. (Who says you have to have all professional equipment...or even sound proofing.)My video camera, which is able to upload directly to the PC only cost me $360...using said PC from above, with Windows XP Movie Maker or a freeware video editing tool you can produce videos with special effects. (I did a 3 minute video with a morph from one thing to another in movement..took me less than 4 hours to produce.)
remeloxFeb 5, 2009
My problem is that your $400 did not include a computer. If you had said $400 more instead of $400, I would have agreed. That computer is really the key to everything. A lot of people don't understand that the editting is usally necessary for consistent quality. I won't argue about people who can do amazing things with less, but I think the average person really needs that editting step in there.