links for 2007-04-30

Sony have launched a Japanese YouTube competitor, complete with Creative Commons licensing (something YouTube deparately needs. [More…] [Via Lessig]

Jean Burgess’ powerpoint slides (using Slideshare) for her ‘Vernacular Photography 2.0’ talk at MIT5, which focused on Flickr. Powerpoint never tells the whole story, but certainly tantalises enough to watch closely for the full paper!

Jill Walker’s powerpoint slides (via Slideshow) from her MIT5 talk “Repeating, Appropriating, Blogging”. Some provoactive ideas about the problematics of originality in a digital age. [More here.]

Henry Jenkins’ blog post which serves as a hub for post-MIT5 reflections and also points to the many excellent podcasts of MIT5 keynotes!