Thursday, May 14, 2009

Tutorial Four - Services offered by YouTube

YouTube
According to www.wikipedia.org: 'YouTube is a video sharing website where users can upload, view and share video clips.'

YouTube provides a forum for individuals to upload videos of almost anything that is not offensive. People use YouTube to video blog, post teaching sessions for a wide range of vocations (especially songs for guitars) and also to upload mainstream footage such as TV programmes, music videos or live concerts (often in breach of copyright). It also provides a way for amateurs to post their exploits or mini films on the internet where they will be available to a wide range of people. This has led to some videos becoming 'Internet phenomenoms' these include the dancing baby, star wars kid, 'Charlie bit me', the evolution of dance, dramatic hamster and many more.

The site also allows viewers to search, rate, and flag videos for offensive material.

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