YouTube

YouTube is one of the phenomenons of our age--a sign that DotCom boom may not be entirely over. The site was launched in August 2005 and was recently purchased by Google (another DotCom phenom) for $1.65 billion (with a 'b'). Paul Boutin's report Videos That Put YouTube.com on the Map (10/19/2006 - 5:09) reviews some of the most popular postings on YouTube in the last year--and, since this is a radio report, there are links to the actual YouTube videos.

Musings

• How would you explain the popularity of YouTube? What advantages, if any, does an audio report like Boutin's have over a video clip?
  
  
• The Wikipedia article on YouTube discusses the key role of copyright in its success--the ability to reproduce someone else's intellectual property.
  

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