Couple of YouTube related items found over the last few days that caught my attention. I mention them here only because I am continually fascinated by the tangential and evolutionary paths we are watching unfold in the nascent world of online video.
The first item is an interesting look at where YouTube videos go to die, meaning when copyright infringement is declared and YouTube takes them down. What happens to them? Where can you track the offenders? Well, for those interested enough to know, you can check out the history of it all at YouTomb, which is an MIT based project.
The second interesting item I came across reminded me of my youth. Around the time I was reading Encyclopedia Brown, The Hardy Boys and the like by flashlight, I remember a craze of "alternative" ending books. These were the kind of books where you make choices along the way and the story / ending change accordingly. The novelty wore off quite fast (for myself at least) but now, through the magic of online video recycling old ideas, you have the chance to "Choose Your Path" via YouTube.
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