Here's an interesting effect of copyright on social video:
YouTube has been testing a new way of combating copyright violations on the site - removing the audio, leaving the video. The result is a wasteland of music videos that are creepily silent.
It might be interesting to compare the user experience of such videos with the Second Life phenomenon of exploring large, built spaces without any other avatars.
Maybe we'll see more of this kind of thing - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwtziwTkAgI - recycled/retooled/mashed-up music videos with non-copyright soundtracks. It could be the dawning of a new creative golden age, and not simply for parodists.
Posted by: Ed Webb | January 15, 2009 at 19:26
They stripped the audio off of my video, "A Whole New Nasty World." The video portion also violated copyright, sooooo...why did they leave it?
Chris Jay
Posted by: Chris Jay | January 15, 2009 at 20:46
Here's the link to my youtube page:
http://www.youtube.com/pillagepeople
Posted by: Chris Jay | January 15, 2009 at 20:52