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STEAL THIS JOKE
As you’ve probably heard, Monty Python has decided they’re sick of fans ripping them off by posting free Python videos on YouTube, and are fighting back by creating their own YouTube channel where they can rip off themselves with free video clips.
It’s a couple of years late, but it’s a great idea in theory. I’ve maintained for some time that the real attraction of YouTube is snippets of classic TV and films and music videos that people want to blog and share for whatever reason, and that fans are posting the clips because the copyright owners won’t do it themselves.
I don’t know that anyone in Monty Python has ever seriously complained about YouTube in the past, but they’ve got the right idea: put up clips that are authorized, shareable (as opposed to those stupid Universal Music videos where they disable embedding) and better quality, and then include links so you can buy the DVDs and other merch.
On the downside, they’re a bit slow on the upload – only 20 clips so far. Also, I’m wondering if (1) fans will keep uploading Python clips in the meantime, and (2) if Python would consider including fan mash-ups like the one that remixes the Black Knight scene as a Star Wars outtake.
It’s a fair cop,
This is dF
It’s a couple of years late, but it’s a great idea in theory. I’ve maintained for some time that the real attraction of YouTube is snippets of classic TV and films and music videos that people want to blog and share for whatever reason, and that fans are posting the clips because the copyright owners won’t do it themselves.
I don’t know that anyone in Monty Python has ever seriously complained about YouTube in the past, but they’ve got the right idea: put up clips that are authorized, shareable (as opposed to those stupid Universal Music videos where they disable embedding) and better quality, and then include links so you can buy the DVDs and other merch.
On the downside, they’re a bit slow on the upload – only 20 clips so far. Also, I’m wondering if (1) fans will keep uploading Python clips in the meantime, and (2) if Python would consider including fan mash-ups like the one that remixes the Black Knight scene as a Star Wars outtake.
It’s a fair cop,
This is dF