YouTube goes to Congress, Congress videotapes it
So who’s on YouTube: Congress is. This is historic, and hilarious. Rep. Ed Markey shot the video above and then did the interview of Chad Hurley below. If you are a YouTube junkie like me, these are the two best videos I have seen in 2007. (Chad Hurley testified, as did Mark Cuban. I hope to have more analysis later. Rep. Mike Ferguson, a Republican New Jersey, did apparently attack Chad about copyright infringement.)
May 11, 2007 at 4:06 am
Wow, a video from the chair’s perspective. It seems like it was a one-time gimmick, but it sure would be interesting if members of congress chose to video their deliberations in other forms, and post it on youtube, in hopes of influencing the way the statutes are interpreted later — one could even imagine a particularly innovative representative allowing her/his constituents help decide how to vote on a given issue, a la American Idol…
May 12, 2007 at 2:54 am
I’ve posted nearly all of the congressional hearing in bite-sized, YouTubed chunks at our tech policy blog, The 463 (http://463.blogs.com). We cover online video policy quite a bit, btw.