Daily Links: Hollywoulda Coulda Shoulda
- Economist: Hollywood and the Internet
The best, concise psychological reason why Hollywood is averse to technological change: "Hollywood's value system is not necessarily about growth," says Dan Jansen, who runs the Boston Consulting Group's media practice. "It's about recognition for films." So true. Whenever I have a conversation with a producer or creator, they are woefully uniformed about even the basics of Internet distribution. - SurveillanceSaver
Screensaver app displays live images from surveillance cams around the world. Released last year, recently updated. - AdAge: Creatives Have a Crush on Obama
"In advertising and marketing," says Shepard Fairey, "things are simplified to accentuate the positive and utilize soundbites that are really powerful; it's about economical communications, and [Barack Obama] is really good at that." Related: typographers on Obama's use of the Gotham typeface. - Video Vigilante busts hookers and johns in the act
LA Times trend piece about amateur journalists leads with OK's Video Vigilante, who's actually been taping johns for a decade (but only started YouTubing in December). New York's own Jimmy Justice, who films cops breaking the law, joined YouTube in January. - Hot Belgrade thieves on YouTube
1M views, via CNET: A persistent amateur cameraman followed the women as they loaded up with chocolates at a corner shop, came out giggling, then went after designer bags, shoes, and clothes at Belgrade's swankiest stores in its vandalized main shopping street. - Christian Mom Comedian a Hit on YouTube
After video gets 1.5M views, slotted to become a regular on Good Morning America. - YouTube down for 30 minutes on Sunday
Apparently a problem with a DNS server in Pakistan. Conversation over at Techcrunch, where one brilliant commenter says "this just helps underline the overall ridiculousness of ALL religions." Yes. And you.
