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YouTube Creative Commons Licensing for Remixes? I'll Pass

Yesterday YouTube added the option for users to select between two licenses for their videos: YouTube's standard license, which basically lets you retain ownership of your video while granting YouTube permission to host and share it; or a Creative Commons Attribution license (CC-BY), which allows ...

Mid-Week Online Video News Reel March 30th

It's Wednesday once again and time for me to clear out the email inbox and catch you up on some stuff that I have been tracking in the industry. Plus, it helps me keep my inbox at a manageable size and get everyone a little ...

Vimeo Announces Creative Commons Licensing - But Are Users' Hands Tied?

Video hosting platform Vimeo yesterday announced on its blog its support for Creative Commons licensing, providing its members a more precise control over where and how others can use their own videos. But restrictions persist with how members can feature other rights-owners videos and other original works on Vimeo, even if they have the same clearances that Creative Commons provides.

Online Video Remix Culture - Study of Jumpcut

Just found this interesting research paper from the Georgia Institute of Technology titled, "Remixing Authorship: Reconfiguring the Author in Online Video Remix Culture."  It addresses the following question: "How can authorship be conceptualized in an environment where individuals an easily appropriate, share, and remix media ...