You'll probably be hearing this from young videocam wielders you know before you read it here: Just-launched eefoof.com plans to give YouTube.com a run for its money by "offering videographers a share of the advertising dollars that their movies generate," CNET reports. "Video sharing on the Internet is one of the hottest sensations in media. Every day, people from all over the world are posting … [Read more...] about New video site pays users
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AllofMP3.com: Illegal?
Lots of digital-music news this week. Much of it centers on a story about a little Web music store with global-sized impact. Russia-based AllofMP3.com, which has long purported to sell tunes that were legal but very cheap, "could jeopardize Russia's long-sought entry into the World Trade Organization," according to the New York Times. "Operating through what music industry lobbyists say is a … [Read more...] about AllofMP3.com: Illegal?
Espionage/counterespionage at home
We hear about monitoring software in the online-safety space, but we don't read much about it *in context* - with the countersurveillance being done by kids. The Washington Post takes a very anecdotal look at both sides of the story. Monitoring digital natives is not easy. They know stuff: like changing the text and background on a monitor to blue and black "making it harder … to read the screen … [Read more...] about Espionage/counterespionage at home
Turning kids into ‘pirates’?
That's one of the concerns of Stanford law professor Lawrence Lessig – that "this age of [copyright] prohibition" may be turning kids into "pirates," the BBC reports. Lessig - also founder of the Creative Commons, a system of copyright licensing that allows creators to share and protect their work with allowances for non-commercial use - is seeking a balance between "the rights of the artist and … [Read more...] about Turning kids into ‘pirates’?
France’s teen tech lobbyist
The US social-networking scene (not to mention the music file-sharing one) needs an Aziz Ridouan, 18. The New York Times quotes the economic director of one of France's largest consumer advocacy groups as saying Aziz "may still be in high school, but [he] has a more profound understanding of copyright law than most lawyers and members of Parliament." I'm sure, actually, that we have a lot of … [Read more...] about France’s teen tech lobbyist