Amateur Video Sharing Grows Online

Iria · Jan 22, 2006, 06:24 PM

NEW YORK Jan 22, 2006 — Over the past year, Janelle Gunther occasionally captured video with her Canon PowerShot digital camera: An elephant parading through city streets to the Ringling Bros. circus, her friends on stage during an improv dance show.

But the clips simply sat on her computer unwatched until last weekend, when she began adding them to Vimeo, one of several sites to emerge for sharing amateur footage.

There's no shortage of sites willing to accept such video, and once issues of revenues, copyright and ease of use get sorted out, the sharing of personal video promises to become as commonplace as photo-sharing is today.
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Jan 22, 2006, 06:24 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 74	Amateur Video Sharing Grows Online NEW YORK Jan 22, 2006 — Over the past year, Janelle Gunther occasionally captured video with her Canon PowerShot digital camera: An elephant parading through city streets to the Ringling Bros. circus, her friends on stage during an improv dance show. But the clips simply sat on her computer unwatched until last weekend, when she began adding them to Vimeo, one of several sites to emerge for sharing amateur footage. There's no shortage of sites willing to accept such video, and once issues of revenues, copyright and ease of use get sorted out, the sharing of personal video promises to become as commonplace as photo-sharing is today. _____________ Read More / Source: ABC News