Voting With Delete

"Voting with delete". That has a nice ring to it, doesn't it? I just googled the expression and checked on google blog. No one's used it before as far as google is concerned. So I just coined a phrase. Attributions gratefully received.

Onto the post of the day...

YouTube needs to be careful.

From Cynopsis.com:

YouTube, Inc. and Warner Music Group Corp. have signed a deal under which YouTube will distribute music videos from WMG's roster of artists as well as behind-the-scenes footage, artist interviews, original programming and other special content. Additionally, YouTube users will be able to incorporate music from WMG's music catalog into the videos they create and upload onto YouTube. WMG will be able to authorize the use off its content via YouTube's advanced content identification and royalty reporting system, set to launch by years end. YouTube and WMG will share revenue from advertising on both WMG music videos and user uploaded videos that incorporate audio/audiovisual content from WMG's catalog.

I am still mulling over the significance of something I learned on the weekend, that is, my ahead of the curve, Hollywood Hills dwelling, 14 year old nephew deleted his MySpace entry a few days ago.

In the old days the term was "voting with your feet". Now it should be "voting with delete".

Other interesting news from cynopsis.com:

Discovery Communications has expanded its content on Google Earth by adding more than 150 2-4 minute video segments featuring worldwide destinations. The Discovery Networks World Tour is available through the Featured Content checkbox in the Google Earth sidebar and by clicking Discovery's globe icon. Since April 2006, Discovery has been the first provider of content to Google Earth when it first offered videos of U.S. National Parks. Now the collection consists of National Parks and Landmarks, U.S. Cities, European Cities, Africa, World Landmarks and coming soon Discovery Atlas.

Also:

Fox has ordered a comedy pilot called The Minister of Divine, based on the UK series The Vicar of Dibley which ran on the BBC for four season. The story is about a woman who was known as a something of a rambunctious teen, and returns to her hometown as the local minister.

When is the BBC going to base a reality show on Judge Judy?