YouTube iOS App Debuts: YouTube is debuting an iOS app today called YouTube Capture. So if you have an iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad you’ll be able to take videos and gently edit them via the app and then easily upload them to YouTube.
Here’s the link to a MASHABLE article on the subject:
http://mashable.com/2012/12/17/youtube-video-recording-app-ios/
Hulu Had A Great 2012: Hulu had a great 2012 closing out the year with profits of $695 million dollars! Hulu’s streaming video service, Hulu Plus, has become increasingly popular and you can see why. The service costs $7.99 per month and offers unlimited streaming of catalog shows and streaming of episodes of series currently on the air for a limited time.
Here’s a link to a brief SlashGear article on the subject:
Consumer Digital Content Rights (or the lack thereof): The tech site PaidContent put out a cool article over the weekend titled The Right To Re-Sell: A Ticking Time Bomb Over Digital Goods. The article discusses the ramifications of the fact that consumers (and public libraries) cannot purchase digital content. When consumers (and public libraries) purchase a printed book, a DVD or music CD – those consumers own that physical item. They can re-sell it, loan it to a friend, use it to prop a window open or give it away and they need never lose access to it.
In contrast, with digital books, music and video you are only purchasing a license to access the content. You don’t own the e-books, digital music or videos you “buy.” You can’t legally sell those items nor give them to someone else and, at least in theory, the owning media/publishing company (or the vendor who sold you the access to the digital content) can electronically delete items you’ve purchased from them remotely as long as your tech device is connected to the Internet.
The reason for the difference in the rights between physical books, DVDs and music CDs and digital versions of those same items is because with printed works there is this cool thing called “The First Sale Doctrine” which allows you the purchaser of a printed book to own that book, loan it to someone else and/or sell it to someone else – and basically we need a Digital First Sale Doctrine to grant ownership rights to consumers for digital content. The PaidContent article offers a solid introduction to this subject; here’s the link:
http://paidcontent.org/2012/12/15/the-right-to-resell-a-ticking-time-bomb-over-digital-goods/
Have a great day!
Linda R.
References
Abent, Eric. (2012, December 17). Hulu looks back on 2012, closes the year with $695 million in revenue. SlashGear. Online.
Rosenblatt, Bill. (2012, December 15). The right to resell: a ticking time bomb over digital goods. PaidContent. Online.
Wasserman, Todd. (2012, December 17). YouTube releases video recording app for iOS. MASHABLE. Online.
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