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Video Caught in Copyright Claim
Video Caught in Copyright Claim
Dec 13, 2007 1:18 AM CST

Video Caught in Copyright Claim

Silicon Valley parody video taken down after photog complains

(Newser) - A parody video about the return of an Internet bubble by Bay Area group Richter Scales has been taken down from YouTube for copyright reasons, after a photographer complained about one of her images being used, Wired reports. The group claimed that it since it was satire, it was fair...

On YouTube Anti-Vaccine Vids Trump Science

Viewers prefer iffy sources for some public health info, JAMA study says

(Newser) - A new JAMA study reports that when it comes to at least one important public health subject on YouTube, theories rejected in the medical community have trumped official information in viewership. Controversial anti-vaccination videos are getting more hits and higher ratings than those touting the accepted science. The findings appear...

U(Tube) Can't Touch This!
U(Tube) Can't Touch This!
Dec 5, 2007 3:59 PM CST

U(Tube) Can't Touch This!

MC Hammer plans dance video site to let dancers share moves

(Newser) - Dance is lighting up small screens all over—witness “Dancing with the Stars,” “So You Think You Can Dance?,” and Jud Laipply's “The Evolution of Dance”—currently the most viewed clip on YouTube. But it's going to be Hammer Time again, as dance-icon MC...

iPhone Tops Google Search List
iPhone Tops Google Search List
Dec 5, 2007 12:28 PM CST

iPhone Tops Google Search List

Fastest-growing US search term in 2007

(Newser) - The iPhone topped Google’s list of fastest-growing search terms this year, reports Reuters. "iPhone, of course, is a word very few people typed in a search box in 2006,” said a Google rep. “It didn’t exist.” The list was dominated by social networking and...

Nielsen Wants Role as Online Video Cop

New service will fingerprint programming to prevent video piracy

(Newser) - Television ratings giant Nielsen is getting set to take a new role—video piracy cop. The company says its new service, Digital Media Manager, will fingerprint programming to make sure videos can be posted on Internet sites like MySpace and YouTube only if they have owners' permission, reports the Wall ...

'08 Race Adds Google Pilgrimage
'08 Race Adds Google Pilgrimage
Dec 2, 2007 10:29 AM CST

'08 Race Adds Google Pilgrimage

Candidates embrace chance to flex high-tech cred, even as technology influences campaign

(Newser) - Where Detroit once beckoned to any candidate who would be president, the 2008 field is making increasing pilgrimages to the Googleplex to showcase their tech savvy, reports the New York Times. And YouTube, which didn't even exist in the last presidential election, has launched YouChoose ’08, a modern version...

Taser Trooper Cleared
Taser Trooper Cleared
Dec 1, 2007 6:46 AM CST

Taser Trooper Cleared

No wrongdoing found in YouTube , death threats continue

(Newser) - A Utah Highway Patrolman who Tasered a motorist in the back has been cleared of wrongdoing, the Deseret Morning News reports. A public-safety panel found that cop Jon Gardner had been justified in zapping motorist Jon Massey as he was walking back to his car after a traffic stop. Gardner...

GOP Debate Turns Testy
GOP Debate Turns Testy
Nov 28, 2007 7:37 PM CST

GOP Debate Turns Testy

Candidates field questions from Americans on YouTube

(Newser) - Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney wasted little time getting into attack mode tonight as the eight Republican candidates squared off in a feisty debate. Romney said Giuliani encouraged illegal aliens to settle in NYC when he was mayor, and Giuliani accused Romney of employing illegal aliens at his home, which...

New Trend May Have Fans Shout, 'I Want My ITV!'

'Interactive video' changing way users view music videos online, experts say

(Newser) - MTV just may become a thing of the past, thanks to a new wave sweeping the Net called “interactive video.” Encouraged by the popularity of music videos online, but frustrated by poor web quality, producers are allowing users to create their own video-viewing experience. Indie favorite Arcade Fire...

Juan Carlos' 'Shut Up' Still Ringing

King's dis of Chavez inspires sought-after ringtones, T-shirts

(Newser) - A diplomatic misstep by Spain's king has rung in a $2 million windfall: A ringtone of Juan Carlos asking Hugo Chavez "Why don't you shut up?" has been downloaded about 500,000 times. Many fans are student foes of the Venezuelan president. Several versions use actors to avoid copyright...

Americans Turn to Web TV, And Advertisers Too

Madison Avenue product placements court cyber-audiences

(Newser) - As broadband Internet access becomes all-pervasive, more Americans are turning from the tube to YouTube—and Madison Avenue is taking notice. The New York Times looks at the advertising industry's foray into online television, eager to get their products in front of the young, male, affluent audiences of Internet channels...

Inside the 'PayPal Mafia'
 Inside the 'PayPal Mafia'
Nov 15, 2007 4:55 AM CST

Inside the 'PayPal Mafia'

Company's first generation behind $30 billion of cutting edge companies

(Newser) - They may be the most brilliantly successful—or luckiest—or both—small group of entrepreneurs in history: PayPal alumni who, like founders Peter Thiel and Max Levchin, left the company to create $30 billion worth of innovation: YouTube, Facebook, Slide, Yelp, Digg, investment firms, philanthropies, solar-power companies, an electric car...

The Very Best of Viral Video
The Very Best of Viral Video
Nov 12, 2007 2:00 PM CST

The Very Best of Viral Video

Many have tried, but few have surpassed the popularity of these online mega-hits

(Newser) - Humor, embarrassment, obscenity, and silliness are a recipe for success in the age of YouTube. PC World clicks on the classics of a young medium:
  1. Bush and Kerry Sing "This Land Is Your Land": JibJab puts itself on the map.
  2. The Coke and Mentos Experiments: Geysers of soda set
...

The Internet Didn't Kill the TV Show

Economist argues online viewers more likely to tune in the old fashioned way

(Newser) - With Viacom's lawsuit against YouTube, and widespread speculation that the dearth of material created by a long TV writers' strike will send more viewers online, there are still some economists who think Internet video could stimulate rather than stifle TV viewing. The key is not to think of the online/on-air...

Finnish School Shooter Dies; Toll Now 9

Teen turned gun on self, warned of spree on YouTube

(Newser) - The teen who killed eight in a Finland school today has died in a hospital after a self-inflicted gunshot. Five boys, two girls and a woman identified as the school's principal were killed in the rampage in Tuusula, 40 miles north of Helsinki. "He was moving systematically through the...

Finland School Shooting Linked to YouTube

18-year-old kills eight at high school; clips warned of spree

(Newser) - At least eight people are dead at a high school in Finland where an 18-year-old opened fire today, CNN reports, and the killer seems to have left warnings of the spree on YouTube. Suspected gunman Pekka-Eric Auvinen, in critical condition at a hospital north of Helsinki, posted a video earlier...

Google Shares Scoot Past $700
Google Shares Scoot Past $700
Nov 1, 2007 9:15 AM CDT

Google Shares Scoot Past $700

37% surge since Sept. 10 puts the company among the top 5 US firms

(Newser) - High investor expectations for Google's wireless and social networking businesses to equal its online advertising success pushed the search giant’s share price past $700 yesterday, reports the Wall Street Journal. Google’s stock has gained more than $100 since Oct. 8, and it is now one of the five...

Online Video Site Hulu Launches
Online Video Site Hulu Launches
Oct 29, 2007 8:39 AM CDT

Online Video Site Hulu Launches

NBC and News Corp. child will stream mainstream TV and movies

(Newser) - The beta version of Hulu, a new online video venture between NBC and News Corp., launches this week. Challenging YouTube, the service allows users to embed and share existing video, but won’t support user-generated content. Instead, Hulu will focus on distributing ad-supported versions of movies and 90 NBC and...

Dancin' Toddler Takes On Prince
Dancin' Toddler Takes On Prince
Oct 26, 2007 8:54 PM CDT

Dancin' Toddler Takes On Prince

Legal battle ensues over YouTube home video, copyright claim

(Newser) - Baby's got moves. And now he's got a lawyer, too. A YouTube video of an 18-month-old rocking out to the Prince song "Let's Go Crazy" has ignited a legal fight involving the music industry, a ticked-off mom and Prince himself. The lawsuit—prompted when YouTube pulled the video at...

Cable, Telcos Killing US Web Success Says Pundit

Sees broadband providers' Luddite attitudes stifling growth, innovation

(Newser) - Comcast’s recent disabling of big file uploads could lay waste to Silicon Valley’s media complex, says SiliconValleyWatcher’s Tom Foremski, injuring or killing Web 2.0 companies like YouTube or Facebook. Comcast's insistence that it isn’t contractually obligated to provide those companies’ services, he argues, is the...

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