Category Archives: YouTube

A 1982 roundtable discussion with John Landis, John Carpenter, and David Cronenberg

Posted on August 10, 2013 by Reverend

I follow the Cinephilia and Beyond Tumblr, and I am glad I do because it is filled with film gems like the one above. Yesterday I came across  this remarkable interview with three masters of 70s and 80s film, namely John Landis, John Carpenter, and David … Continue reading →

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bavateusdays Film Fest Site Up and Running and we have Hercules on Tap

Posted on April 7, 2013 by Reverend

So we are in week two of the bavatuesdays film festival. I had a blast doing the first show on Black Sunday (1960) with Paul Bond, and I am preparing for round two this Tuesday at 2:30 PM on Hercules in … Continue reading →

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Can Universities Reclaim the Web Too?

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Reverend

In the chapter on “The Public Engagement as Collateral Damage” in Martin Weller‘s The Digital Scholar he talks about the fact that traffic to user-generated content on commercial sites is far greater than free, open content on higher education sites: … Continue reading →

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Terminated with Extreme Prejudice

Posted on July 13, 2012 by Reverend

This post is part of an inadvertent series of posts about my attempts to fight various media companies claims of copyright infringement on my uploaded YouTube clips. You can see part 1 here, part 2 here, part 3 here, and … Continue reading →

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YouTube, Copyright, and the ongoing Claims on our Culture

Posted on June 24, 2012 by Reverend

This post is part of an inadvertent series of posts about my attempts to fight various media companies claims of copyright infringement on my uploaded YouTube clips. You can see part 1 here, part 2 here, and part 3 here … Continue reading →

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More News from the YouTube Liberation Front

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Reverend

I have had some fun watching the dispute emails come in from YouTube about the videos I have uploaded over the years. And I am actually excited to report 4 of the last 5 disputes were decided in my favor. … Continue reading →

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YouTube: You lose most, you win one by default

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Reverend

As I blogged about earlier this week, results of my challenges to YouTube for more than 40 videos have been coming in, and for almost a week I got nothing but rejections (25 in all) of my claims of Fair … Continue reading →

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Fear of a YouTube Planet

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Reverend

Today it occurred to me that I’m probably gonna lose my YouTube account very soon. Like a lot of folks on YouTube, I upload silly videos I’ve made, clips I’ve ripped from DVDs to talk about films I like, random … Continue reading →

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Ray Harryhausen’s Animated Creatures in Chronological Order

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Reverend

Being a fan of Ray Harryhausen’s creature animations, the following tweet from WFMU was an immediate score. What is coolest about this is there are at least two or three films referenced here I haven’t yet seen. I started doing … Continue reading →

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Information about your video “Creepshow: Ed Harris dancing disco”

Posted on October 23, 2011 by Reverend

I’m getting these messages from YouTube more and more these days—I got four in the last last two days. YouTube seems to be embracing it’s role as copyright constable, and their technology seems to be getting better and better—or else … Continue reading →

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