Assignment 7

Jones, M. (2006). Will news find a home on YouTube? Nieman Reports, 60(4), 52-54. Retrieved from https://ezproxy.lib.uwm.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/216754613?accountid=15078

            Knuckey, Ashlee M. "YouTube--The Next Generation of Infringing on Creative Works: What Can Be Done to Protect the Screenwriters?"LexisNexis Academic. N.p., 2009. Web. 23 Feb. 2015.

            Will news find a home on YouTube? article talks about the success of Youtube and how anyone now a days can post onto it. We all have digital cameras and easily anyone can make an amateur video, but something that isn't popular on YouTube is high-quality amateur news. Many people will just repost clips or highlights from news shows like the Daily Show, but very little original creators on YouTube. Reasons for why there aren't more news channels on YouTube is that there are limitations. Not many YouTubers have proper management, so many online amateur videos do not become trendy. And with copyright laws and video length limits, it makes it hard for people to create videos.

This article helps my paper to show that YouTube isn't as easy of a business but there is opportunity for it to grow more and to attract a wider audience. And if news was to become more popular on YouTube, the opportunities and job offers it could create for the future would be great.

            YouTube--The Next Generation of Infringing on Creative Works: What Can Be Done to Protect the Screenwriters? Talks about how with YouTube becoming more of a popular website, how it should do a better job with protecting original creators and screenwriters. Very commonly screenwriters will try to put their pilot videos of their ideas for a movie or tv on YouTube in hope of some executive finding it. But what happens when someone takes their idea and they end up missing out on that kind of cash? This happens far too often on Youtube and the article goes in depth with the things YouTube should change so creators content will be prevented from being stolen. It talks about registering your work, so if someone was to steal it you can sue and win since their is proof that it would be your work. And it brings up ideas with how YouYube should have an achieve for who views videos to have a history for proof. But YouTube's copyright infringement laws are very flaky so if YouTube was to grow more in the future, that would be something that would have to change. This source will help my paper because it shows that with the attention YouTube is getting and will be getting more of in the future, there are flaws that can rise with YouTube becoming more popular in the future.