Last night as Alex Thomson presented More4 News live from the City, a man pushed his way in front of the camera. (more…)
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Incompetech.com is a wonderful website that offers hundreds of original music tracks for free use. Most are released under a Creative Commons licence (a few are now in the public domain) and the only stipulation is that you must include a credit for the composer: Kevin MacLeod.
It isn’t a lot to ask. But still some people can’t be bothered.
Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the US House of Representatives, is one of a list of people who have used a track, but give no credit. Her video Capitol Cat Cam, which uses the music track ‘Scheming Weasel’, has been watched on YouTube more than 325,000 times.
In his blog, Kevin MacLeod puts a brave face on the situation. But I say it is absolutely disgraceful that even people in government show this blatant disregard for creative people and their work. They should set an example.
I hope this won’t deter Mr MacLeod. Some of us appreciate his generosity and music.
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AOL is to close its user-generated content site on 18 December.
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Video hosting company Brightcove has pulled the plug on its free service. Users who don’t want to cough up for paid video hosting have until 17 December before their videos disappear.
I believe this is just the beginning. In the current economic climate, many free services will close. (more…)
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