On Youtube, I watched an infamous classic-David After Dentist.
David After Dentist is a great home video that gave a family a little bit of fame and fun. I know many people argue about who owns the content to a video, who has the rights to post it, and how it affects privacy, but I think you have to weigh the benefits and losses with a site like youtube. The kind of pleasure, happiness and marketing opportunities it provides, I think, outweigh the drawbacks it could impose. The truth is, I think most of the people who got "famous" on youtube far more appreciate their success than the drawbacks it has caused.
I think that Youtube is an impressive site, essentially composed of publicly available home videos for people to post (usually idiotic) comments on. There is some copyrighted material available, but I think most people use Youtube to watch personally uploaded videos. Most major networks are pretty good about keeping their material from ending up on Youtube, especially NBC (mostly because of Hulu I think).
On Hulu, I watched the most recent episode of Glee. Sometimes I honestly (and somewhat sadly) wonder how people could have ever watched TV before DVR or the internet. When you missed a show, well, then you missed a show. With minimal ads, Hulu allows for premium television content. I also appreciate the recently added "ad preference" on the top of the screen to weed out ads that aren't relevant to you. I do think it really enhances the overall experience. I think Hulu could certainly do more for its viewers and content. It is nice that it is free, but I think if they seriously broadened their collection (for example, offering all Glee episodes) and charged either a minimal subscription fee (for frequent users) or a minimal rental fee (for those who might just want to rent the entire series of Glee), they could be much more successful. Just like Netflix, shows would be immediately accessible, available right in the home without leaving, and at a minimal cost, with no late fees. It might be the end of video rentals, but I think it could be very successful.
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