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Probably one of the hottest things to hit the Internet Scene in the past couple of years is the social networking sites. Sites like MySpace have grown to astronomical proportions indeed. It appears to be a logical outgrowth and evolution from blogs and now kids, teens, and even adults are posting videos and media clips on their websites.

There have been a few problems with this such as video clips have been taken from other websites and actual mass media outlets, some stolen outright and this has caused a stir in places all over the planet and with the movie industry, as kids use their video, digital camera cellphones and such to take pictures of things they shouldn’t that are copyrighted and then placing them on their websites. Whoops?

What do they say about the theory of the law of unintended consequences? Of course now there are millions of these social networking sites and policing it is rather tough. Worse off now some companies are suing other companies that host these sites for not policing the content. But how can they? This whole issue is causing a media firestorm. MySpace is trying to cleanse its video postings;

http://www.techworld.com/security/news/index.cfm?newsid=8017

There is another problem on the horizon that has to do with video and bandwidth especially as many people also switch to VoIP systems. These issues will eventually be worked out, but there is a temporary bit of chaos that we will have to deal with in the mean time. I certainly hope this article is of interest and that is has propelled thought. The goal is simple; to help you in your quest to be the best in 2007. I thank you for reading my many articles on diverse subjects, which interest you.

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