A great idea in the midst of the Gootube debate
Like him or hate him, Mark Cuban thinks about the web 2.0 space, and he shares what he thinks with all of us.
There aren't many people as successful as the Blog Maverick who do that on a regular basis. And if you think he hasn't made an important contribution to the ongoing conversation, you're crazy.
I, for one, like him. But I don't always agree with him. On Gootube, I'm mixed - I disagree that it's doomed to failure. What makes youtube work is syndication, not copyrighted material. When it comes to the combination of free bandwidth and cutting edge syndication - they have been second to none. Also, of course, "it's the community, stupid."
Where I do agree with Cuban is that the copyright problems are real. The DCMA problems are real too, and scary for all of us.
And, in the midst of one of his coypright rants, he popped out this gem of an idea:
This is not a copyright problem, it's a brilliant idea? Someone needs to create a sharing site not with an encoder that mixes mp3s and flash video, but a player that plays them simulateously. Then allow me to upload my video resources and create my own music videos and share them with friends.
Secure an ascap/bmi license and make the videos only viewable in the site, and through the site's syndication mechanisms (you can't OWN the video you create, but you can sure as hell SHARE and EMBED the video you create!) and you've got a great mash-up that allows people to be creative without eroding anyone's copyright.
There aren't many people as successful as the Blog Maverick who do that on a regular basis. And if you think he hasn't made an important contribution to the ongoing conversation, you're crazy.
I, for one, like him. But I don't always agree with him. On Gootube, I'm mixed - I disagree that it's doomed to failure. What makes youtube work is syndication, not copyrighted material. When it comes to the combination of free bandwidth and cutting edge syndication - they have been second to none. Also, of course, "it's the community, stupid."
Where I do agree with Cuban is that the copyright problems are real. The DCMA problems are real too, and scary for all of us.
And, in the midst of one of his coypright rants, he popped out this gem of an idea:
Forget Youtube, a site could come along EverythingTube.com. Make it primarily for sharing independent artists music videos and user generated video content, a 'bigger, better Youtube' if you will. Just offer an encoder that mixes mp3 audio with any video or any series of pictures Then create profiles like Beatleswhitealbum and upload the white album, etc, etc. If Youtube can do what its doing, why not EverythingTube?
This is not a copyright problem, it's a brilliant idea? Someone needs to create a sharing site not with an encoder that mixes mp3s and flash video, but a player that plays them simulateously. Then allow me to upload my video resources and create my own music videos and share them with friends.
Secure an ascap/bmi license and make the videos only viewable in the site, and through the site's syndication mechanisms (you can't OWN the video you create, but you can sure as hell SHARE and EMBED the video you create!) and you've got a great mash-up that allows people to be creative without eroding anyone's copyright.
posted by Adam Elend at 3:56 PM
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