Tribute is Not Theft. Driscoll, 22 January 2010.
Dude, Where's My Video? From official documentation of U.S. presidential debates to cameraphone recordings of police brutality, the videos on YouTube represent a densely interrelated system of making, curating, reading, and remaking that effectively constitutes a "crossroads" of participatory culture. Unfortunately, YouTube's centralized architecture has proven unusually vulnerable to spurious claims of copyright infringement. Of the 283,091 videos tracked by MIT Free Culture's YouTomb project, nearly one quarter have already vanished (YouTomb, 2009). Individual users who have their videos removed or their accounts suspended manifest their anger, confusion, and frustration in a variety of ways. Some quietly discontinue use and never post another video. Others lash out at YouTube, Google, and the entertainment industry in scathing, explitive-laden testimonials (Arrington, 2009). Among users who identify as members of a fan community, however, responses appear more measured and effective. This case study concerns the resistant activities of one such group: the Living Room Rock Gods. more... ttp://tinyurl.com/2ezqr5y _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
