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Tag Archives: YouTube
Guest post: YouTube’s Automatic Transcript Function
OK, so here’s a thing. So apparently Youtube has an automatic transcript function, where it will use voice recognition to try and build a transcript of your video. You might think this presents all sorts of interesting IP issues, and … Continue reading
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Tagged script, transcript, YouTube
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YouTube/Google up the ante in the privacy wars
So you’re sick of Facebook gradually nudging you towards completely doing away with all pretense of a private life? YouTube/Google have made the latest move in the online privacy wars. You remember when you started signing in to YouTube with … Continue reading
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Tagged Google, identity, privacy, public, username, YouTube
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Watch “Life in a Day” on YouTube
Last year I wrote about how Ridley Scott and Kevin MacDonald were seeking YOUR contributions to use in a film about life on Earth’s most documented day – July 24, 2010. I was disappointed to miss the film’s release on … Continue reading
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Tagged crowdsourcing, July 24, Kevin MacDonald, life, lifeinaday, movie, YouTube
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Fair Use in Online Video
I just received my periodic newsletter from American University’s Center for Social Media, and was reminded of an excellent talk I heard last year by its director, Pat Aufderheide. She started off by explaining that the purpose of copyright was … Continue reading
“Life in a Day” – YOUR chance to be in a movie!
For those of you who haven’t noticed the odd redesign of the YouTube logo, Ridley Scott and Kevin MacDonald are running a one-day, global experiment that asks YOU to tell them about your day on July 24, 2010. This is … Continue reading
It’s not YouTube, it’s YooouuuTuuube!
These days anyone – even I – can put up a website (there oughta be a law…!), which occasionally leads to some strange finds. If you want to experience your YouTube (or other video sharing site) videos in a new … Continue reading
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Tagged effect, kaleidoscope, yooouuutuuube, YouTube
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Two More Contest Entries
I’ve re-tooled an old video from Washington DC – in fact, this is the video that inspired me to start this site (with some friendly encouragement) – and entered it into Lonely Planet’s video contest. Also, my video joins at least two others in a quest for a $1500 prize in Reel Insights’ monthly contest – this one is “A Family Struggles with Going Green.” Continue reading
Another Contest!
TAZM Pictures submitted three entries to the Lowe’s Spring Dream Video contest (http://www.youtube.com/lowes)! Only the first two were accepted – no idea why! Click on the title of this post to see the videos that we submitted and read more details. Continue reading
TAZM Pictures has entered a video contest!
Whether you want to use our services or not, we can sure use your support in a YouTube video contest! TAZM Pictures has entered two videos in a contest for Taxslayer.com that carry a grand prize of $25,000. Winning this contest will help us improve the kinds of services we can offer with our young business! The top twenty videos, as determined by RATINGS, will go into a pool from which TaxSlayer will select a final winner. If you have a YouTube account, be sure and rate our videos!
Check out http://www.YouTube/com/tbrouns for the entries!
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