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ABS-CBN Pulls Pinoy Dream Academy Clips Off YouTube
The big media companies shouldn’t worry that people will post their copyrighted material on YouTube. They should worry that people will post their own stuff on YouTube, and audiences will watch that instead.
— Paul Graham.
Ailing Philippine TV network ABS-CBN aggravates its problems by having clips from their show Pinoy Dream Academy pulled off YouTube. This paranoia reflects an ignorant fear of social media from an offline media outlet that can’t diversify. It’s a spectacularly dumb move for four glaringly obvious reasons.
First, they’re being completely indiscriminate. They’re having clips pulled off just because they contain the words Pinoy Dream Academy in the title, even if they don’t contain a shred of material from the show. Way to kill off your completely non-infringing free viral marketing, guys. Some intern probably just conducted a search and sent out a form letter without watching the videos. For that alone, somebody needs to get fired — but oh, there’s more. Click here to continue reading “ABS-CBN Pulls Pinoy Dream Academy Clips Off YouTube”…
First Vista Ad: Boring
The first Vista ad. I don’t know about you guys, but an ad that vaguely promises to “connect with other partners to offer complete solutions” and “give consumers a spectrum of exciting capabilities” while a bunch of actors prance about with mindless smiles just doesn’t turn me on. It asks me to “see the difference” when all I see is corporatespeak. It certainly doesn’t show me any compelling reason to upgrade to Vista.
Hey, this reminds me of another silly video that shows Microsoft’s confusing marketing style.
What if Microsoft designed the iPod package?
(Via Gizmodo.)
