A few days after I uploaded my first draft video to YouTube, I received a notification that the video had been removed due to copyright purposes. I understand that I do not own any of the movie footage that I used, but this caused obvious problems with my project. I ended up using TinyPic to upload both my second and third drafts and was able to embed them onto the website. It was an easy fix, but it's a bit annoying that there is the colorful TinyPic logo in the corner of my video and that in order to view the video in full screen, you have to go to the original video which leads you to the TinyPic site and you have to watch it from there. There is the other option of upgrading my site to Pro where I could simply upload the video straight to my website. Unfortunately this costs around $100 a year and as a poor college student who has rent and other bills to pay, that $100 is very precious to me. Being someone who likes to mess around with iMovie but is a horrible actor who has friends who hate to be recorded or can't concentrate long enough to actually make a proper video, using clips from movies and TV shows is really the easiest way to make a quick little video like the ones I did for my Twitterive. Having them constantly removed from YouTube becomes somewhat disconcerting. All of the hard work goes to waste because I can't use footage that I have already disclaimed is not mine. Now I understand that if they broke the rule for one person they would have to break it for everyone else and next thing we know, someone is claiming they recorded JAWS at their public pool. On the other hand, where is one to start with their editing experience if they cannot get proper feedback from the trolls of YouTube?
I have a love-hate relationship with Youtube! It's so easy to get sucked in and watch video after video, especially when related videos are posted on the right hand of the screen waiting for us to watch them. I've sat there for an hour at a time just watching clip after clip of the most random things. Youtube really is the best website that has the largest variety of clips. The only thing is, you have to sort through the "fake" videos to find ones that can be used for school/work related purposed. It's beyond annoying when you finally find the right clip and it has been removed three days later. I've found a way to avoid this by taking a Jing capture of the video, instead of just embedding the Youtube clip. This will help you avoid the video being removed without you knowing it, because you have your own capture of the video itself. Another thing Jing is great for when capturing videos from Youtube, is capturing a segment of the video you want. Sometimes, people provide commentary or unnecessary recorded parts before it actually gets you to the video, and by using Jing you can capture the exact part that you want!
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Carissa Canzano
2/24/2013 04:40:11 am
Similar to you and Lauren, I have had my fair share of problems with YouTube. The most recent one was last Thursday when I was trying to embed a video into my Prezi. I was able to embed the link, upload it and place it in my prezi, but everytime I went to present a message would come up alerting me that the video was no longer available for play back. I must have tried three or four times until I scrolled down the right side of the video page. There I was greeted with another version of the video. Although it was not the originial and had additional commercials I quickly replaced the links. I never used Jing to capture certain parts of a video, but will have to start usig it inorder to only play what I want. But does that violate any copy rights? Anyways your twitterive project is coming along great and I love how you are creatively putting in videos to make the project engaging.