This isn’t really how I wanted to start the JOJCAST in 2010 but I kind of feel like this is the place where a lot of conversations happen that really don’t happen anywhere else. A lot of the people I’ve interviewed over the years have been very candid about the stuff they experience in their video creation. I kind of feel like I want to get this out of my system so I can put it behind me and move on. So please indulge today, I’m just going to talk about something that’s going on with me and next week we’re going to return to more regular programming…
Music videos are traditionally the most popular, most viewed content on YouTube. YouTube and Universal teamed up to create VEVO, with content from a variety of record companies. It was going to solve all the disputes about copyright material and royalties and ad revenues. In theory, at least…
Only there is a problem. Certainly for anybody outside of the United States.
“This video contains content from VEVO, who has decided to block it in your country.”
In some ways I am quite sympathetic to the problem. It harks back to a time when dividing up intellectual property rights across the world made sense. Back then different companies would produce and sell physical hard copy for different territories. In a sense VEVO – and others – are trying to do the same thing online. Only to do this effectively online means to have duplicated content which is blocked or allowed access depending on the geographical location of the viewer.
As a consumer of music videos online it may be annoying to take the time to figure out which version you’re able to watch, but it isn’t the end of the world. Only… According to Mashable removing ‘duplicate content’ is a major priority of VEVO:
- The music video site is focusing on getting rid of duplicate videos. If you have ever browsed YouTube, you’ll find that many music videos do, in fact, have duplicates.
Does this mean anyone outside of the territories VEVO services will just miss out altogether?
YouTube have launched yet another blog… this one aimed squarely at content creators. It features video project ideas – such as video reviews, puppetry videos – as well as general YouTube news (cross posted from YouTube’s main blog) and promotions for things like Davos, Dr. Phil’s arts initiative and Amnesty International.
It will be interesting to see how widely the site is adopted but if you really want to make a video and stuck for ideas it might be a good place to start.
This is actually the very last JOJCAST for 2009. I would like to take this opportunity to reflect on the year that was, what it was like for me as a video creator, and thank some of the people who made it such a great year for me personally.
T’is the silly season and it’s hard to imagine being any sillier than Mr. Killertoothbrush, Leuke, dressed up as Santa while making a poodle out of a balloon.
This week we talk to TheAussieNinja (Carlo) about his recent trip to America – including a stateside Halloween, pumpkin carving and visiting Disneyland, doing Vlogtober and some of the more ’social’ aspects of sharing your life via YouTube.
Last week we spoke to Robofillet on the JOJCAST. Every now and then you’ll find somebody who doesn’t just have an audience, but rather who has an entourage. You won’t believe the questions I was sent to ask him.
This week I talk to popular Australian YouTuber RoboFillet (Rohan) about his early beginnings on YouTube, the Poultry Press, visiting Peru, and riding camels! No, really.
Butterflies – the movie whose tag line reads “You too can YouTube. You too can be a Butterfly” – is now available to watch online. The movie which features the likes of Cory “Mr. Safety” Williams, Michael “What The Buck” Buckley, Jill “xGobobeanx” Hanner and others can now be rented online from Booserver.com.
This isn’t really how I wanted to start the JOJCAST in 2010 but I kind of feel like this is the place where a lot of conversations happen that really don’t happen anywhere else. A lot of the people I’ve interviewed over the years have been very candid about the stuff they experience in their video creation. I kind of feel like I want to get this out of my system so I can put it behind me and move on. So please indulge today, I’m just going to talk about something that’s going on with me and next week we’re going to return to more regular programming… 
