Kutiman is a musical artist who collects content created by people and uploaded onto Youtube. His album, ThruYOU is a shining example of participatory media and convergence culture.
This article describes Google's Content ID system that filters Youtube for stolen content and automatically diverges revenue streams from content creators to their original owners. Whether you agree with this stem or not, this text describes it's operation and goal in detail.
A great example of how amazing participation in media has evolved is the social media interaction that was happening because of an earth quake in China.
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This preview for the documentary boldly defines what our online society has come to- terms and conditions invade our privacy and give power to institutions online such as Facebook, Twitter, Youtube etc.
Interesting theory that everything is a remix- how will we protect our online property today? Where do we draw the line between copying, stealing and remixing.
People can simply click on any of the rotating images and videos of the author's work will show up. It's an interesting way of allowing people to get to know the artist. It's different than youtube where people just look up videos and watch them
A really great video on what Reddit is and how you can use it. I think many people are intimidated by Reddit's interface and is confused by how to use it, but it is a great source of user-approved information that is constantly updated and relevant.