Getty Images Decides It’s Mostly Better To Compete Than Sue, Frees Up Millions Of Images (via Techdirt)
Getty Images has something of a reputation as a copyright maximalist. The company’s representatives have testified before Congress and pushed for copyright expansion in the past. It’s also well known for filing copyright lawsuits on those it claims…
With over 1 billion unique visitors to YouTube every month, and 100 hours of video uploaded every minute, it is more important than ever for content marketers, bloggers, and businesses to utilize YouTube effectively.
The key to running a successful YouTube channel is quality and visibility. But if you have great content and you aren’t getting the views you want, how can you increase your visibility? [Read more…] about 5 Steps to Creating an Effective YouTube Channel
Yahoo dives deeper into media with online magazines (via AFP)
Yahoo dove deeper into being an Internet Age media company, bringing in news, music and television stars for the launch of online magazines focused on technology and food. The fresh online offerings were showcased by Yahoo chief executive Marissa Mayer…
Tarzan 3D, the latest production from Constantin Films, has attracted stiff criticism ahead of its US release over the quality of the motion capture animation it uses. According to Firstshowing.net, the animation techniques used in the movie are less than impressive, suggesting the visuals were similar to “an old video game.” With the film already playing in cinemas across Europe, this type of criticism could spell problems ahead of the film’s make-or-break launch in the United States.
The trailer shows Tarzan swinging through trees, interacting with his ecosystem, and ultimately trying to secure his love interest in Jane. But according to the critics, the scenes lack realism and a fluidity of movement. The jerky, pointed visuals, they say, show a standard of animation that is not quite on a par with the big budget animated movies of today. While motion capture technology was used in the making of the film, it has been suggested that the standard of the motion capture animation has been less than is to be expected. [Read more…] about Tarzan 3D ‘Poorly Motion-Capture Animated’
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Searching the web can become an annoying process that you do simply to get your daily news and communicate with the world. Oftentimes there’s no news to report and no need to interact with anyone via social media, so the internet can become useless to you. Every now and then, however, you’ll stumble across a website that you hadn’t heard of before that enhances your internet experience and eliminates the ho hum daily online experience.
Here are five interesting sites that you might not know about: [Read more…] about 5 Interesting Sites You Might not Know About
In a perfect world, being a musician would be all about the music. But it’s not. To have a successful band you have to master self-promotion as well, and that’s where a lot of great bands fall flat.
Here are six quick and easy tips that will help you boost your online influence and bring in more fans. [Read more…] about 6 Social Media Marketing Tools for Musicians
