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Edit and publish videos with the new YouTube Remixer

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Following the launch of their mobile version, YouTube unveils the YouTube Remixer, a new feature that allows users to edit videos, add titles and transitions and frames, and incorporate music to video clips.

With a user-friendly interface, you can simply drag-and-drop audios, videos, texts, and other cute elements into your clip, and then publish it to your YouTube account. Most of the elements are basic, and one can hope for additional video editing tools in the future, which is not far from happening since we’ve always seen YouTube making things happen.

YouTube Remixer

YouTube remixer is powered by Adobe Premier Express, just like Photobucket’s Remix tool. Log in to your YouTube account and try it yourself.

Originally posted on June 18, 2007 @ 4:57 am

YouTube now mobile

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YouTube MobileMobile YouTube, also called “YouTube ToGo” is now available for access anytime, anywhere, at m.youtube.com.

This miniature version of YouTube, for obvious reasons, only shows limited videos. The first page on the mobile site warns viewers that YouTube Mobile is “a data intensive application”, hence requiring unlimited Internet access to avoid additional charges.

YouTube mobile displays 10 videos per page, with a menu that allows you to view videas that are Recently Added, Most Viewed, Top Rated, Top Favorites, and some more categories. Clicking the thumbnail or the link will allow you to view the video on your mobile phone, given that it plays streaming videos (RTSP/3GP with H263/AMR), a default feature that most 3G phone has. It also shows a search field where you can find specific videos without having to go through the list. These videos can be downloaded in 3GP format.

Originally posted on June 16, 2007 @ 10:21 am

YouTube, CNN team for video style presidential debates

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cnn-youtube.jpgCNN and YouTube today unveiled plans to let users of the online video sharing community interact with presidential hopefuls through video questions. This venture will cover one presidential debate for each major American political party.

Those wanting to partake in getting their video questions answered by a presidential candidate can begin uploading their videos to a special YouTube Web site. Questions uploaded will be selected from by CNN for use in the debates, which will be broadcast through a variety of CNN outlets. Select YouTube users will be invited to be among the live audience.

The Democratic debate, the first Democratic National Committee-sanctioned presidential forum of the 2008 election cycle, will be held at the Citadel in Charleston, S.C. from 7:00 to 9:00 PM (ET), on Monday, July 23, and will air live on CNN. The Republican presidential forum hosted by CNN and YouTube will take place from 7:00 to 9:00 PM (PT), on Monday, Sept. 17, in Florida.

Originally posted on June 14, 2007 @ 2:46 pm

YouTube tests video fingerprint tool with Timewarner, Disney

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YouTubeYouTube is testing a new video identification technology that will identify copyright content in videos to prevent pirated content from being uploaded and circulated within the video-sharing site. This initial testing is in conjunction with Time Warner Inc and Walt Disney Co, two of the largest media companies today.

Developed by engineers at Google (YouTube’s mother company), this fingerprinting software is designed to recognize unique elements in the video clips that would help media companies to identify videos that are illegally uploaded, and eventually, block these copyrighted clips from being distributed or be subjected to licensing negotiations with owners.

Meanwhile, since much of the videos uploaded in YouTube are homegrown, some copyright content (such as those from CBS and NBC) attract more viewers and thus are beneficial to these broadcast companies as promotional avenues. Hence, more than the video imprinting tool, YouTube executives aim to protect relationships with media companies for a healthier give-and-take conditions.

This video fingerprint tool will be available in a month for testing, and widely available for use to copyright owners later this year.

Originally posted on June 13, 2007 @ 1:53 pm

Music publisher supports copyright class action against YouTube/Google

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cherrylane.jpgCherry Lane Music Publishing Co., Inc., a leading independent music publisher responsible for catalogues of world famous artists, such as Elvis Presley, Quincy Jones, The Black Eyed Peas, John Legend, and more than 65,000 other copyrights, announced that it joins and strongly supports the copyright infringement class action claims against YouTube and Google brought by The Football Association Premier League Limited.

The class action complaint, filed in federal court in New York City on May 4, 2007, asserts claims on behalf of all copyright owners who have had their material copied and exploited on Google’s YouTube website without authorization. The lawsuit asks a federal judge for a court order to stop YouTube’s unauthorized and uncompensated use of the creative works of Class members, force YouTube to adopt existing technology to prevent unauthorized content from being exploited, and for damages for past infringement.

According to Peter W. Primont, Chief Executive Officer at Cherry Lane: “We are pleased to be joining forces with Premier League and Bourne to put a stop to YouTube’s unauthorized use of copyrighted works without compensating the owners and creators of those works, including the many composers and songwriters on our roster.”

Originally posted on June 8, 2007 @ 2:39 pm