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London Warns Olympics Fans: Don't Post Pics

Dustin Lushing — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 14:30:05 CDT

The Olympics are headed to London this summer, but visitors and athletes alike better beware of what they post online, reports Mashable . London has passed legislation ahead of the games to penalize people who violate the games' official branding. Legally speaking, this would include: Athletes posting media of themselves with...

German Court: No Free Pass for YouTube

Kevin Spak — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:21:05 CDT

Google is responsible for all the copyrighted content its users post on YouTube, a German court ruled today, in a landmark decision that could have massive implications for online content. The court ordered Google to remove all copyrighted clips brought to its attention, rejecting the web giant's argument that it...

Quiet Startup Might Change Business of Online Video

Dustin Lushing — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 07:37:07 CDT

There's a startup company you've probably never heard of, but chances are you've seen its work, writes Michael Humphrey in Forbes . It's called Ooyala, and it powers an enormous number of videos across the web. ESPN highlights, Miramax movies, videos that appear on the sites of Rolling Stone , TV Guide...

YouTube to Rent Paramount Movies

Dustin Lushing — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 16:36:20 CDT

In a new deal, YouTube will be renting flicks produced by Paramount Pictures. Paramount will make available 500 movies, including Ferris Bueller's Day Off , Transformers , and The Godfather trilogy, reports Bloomberg Business Week . The titles will be online in a few weeks and cost $2.99 to $3.99 for...

Tomorrow: 'Kony 2012,' the Sequel

Matt Cantor — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 11:45:00 CDT

After garnering 86 million views and counting, Invisible Children's activist video sensation has spawned a sequel. "Kony 2012, Part II" comes out tomorrow, NPR reports. The sequel is set to offer a more thorough investigation of Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army; the first piece was criticized for what some considered...

'Cinnamon Challenge' Landing Teens in Hospital

Rob Quinn — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 01:35:00 CDT

Kids these days aren't smoking nutmeg, they're swallowing cinnamon—or trying to, the nation's poison centers warn. More and more teens appear to be attempting the "cinnamon challenge"—in which you try to swallow a spoonful of ground cinnamon without choking—and poison centers have had 139 calls this year...

Bird Man: Yep, It's a Hoax

Matt Cantor — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:33:56 CDT

Those CGI experts were right : The brief Bird Man phenomenon—in which we were enchanted by a guy flying with homemade wings —was a hoax. In fact, "Jarno Smeets" is actually named Floris Kaayk, and he says he's really a Dutch CGI artist, Gizmodo reports. He acknowledged as much on...

So Who Is the 'Bird Man'?

Mary Papenfuss — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 01:31:00 CDT

Oh-oh. The credentials of the supposedly flying "Bird Man" of Holland have flown the coop. "Jarno Smeets," who posted a wildly popular YouTube video apparently showing him flapping giant wings to take flight , posted credentials on Facebook and LinkedIn that don't check out. Film experts at Industrial Light and Magic...

Man Flies by Flapping Homemade Bird Wings

Mary Papenfuss — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 06:19:00 CDT

For a few astounding moments, a Dutch engineer was as free as a bird —and flew like one, too. (Note: Some CGI experts think it's a hoax .) Calling it the "best feeling I have felt in my life," Jarno Smeets seemingly took to the air for 60 seconds by...