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Net Neutrality and You(Tube)

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Ever since I started interning at Nickelodeon, I've had to read the 'Daily Variety' and the 'Hollywood Reporter' every day. In practically each magazine, there's usually an article about YouTube, MySpace, etc, websites that are used for communication, networking, videos and entertainment. Both trades recognize these websites as the peak of entertainment venues, something nearly everyone has or goes to, and it's obvious that companies like Warner Bros, Fox, etc want to make deals with websites and have a piece of the pie.

But finding something like this on YouTube is quite interesting. The person who thought of posting this speech on YouTube is rather brilliant because by simply posting a video, he now has access to the very wide and vast demographic of people who regularly haunt YouTube (myself included). It's probably not the first politically sponsered video on YouTube but this is the first one I've found.

My demographic is often complained about the one that's the hardest to reach politically and are notorious for choosing not to vote at all (I've been guilty of that as well). But perhaps a change is in order, especially if more issues and political candidates come to us by posting on YouTube or on Myspace instead of just using commercials or websites (I tend to ignore the personal websites and try to find something that's more unbiased for such things). However, I also wonder if that's such a good thing because come election time, I really don't want to be finding a buttload of political videos on YouTube... but at least I don't I have to click them.