ISP: Viral Video Superstars
Video: I think today's theme is "viral superstars." I was inspired by this music video set to Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire," featuring all the infamous viral celebs. Numa Numa, Chris Crocker, Ask a Ninja. They are all there.
It's from Cakke.com.
Building on my theme, there were two stories with some degree of news value out in the YouTube world. First, John Edwards' 2008 campaign got more than it bargained for when a UNC journalism student named Carla Babb came by. Here's the story, but suffice it to say this video has gotten more hits than it may deserve thanks to all the publicity.
The other story is about Prince, and a crusade he apparently has to stop copyright infringement and piracy of his music online. But when you see the video he and Universal Music Group went after, it may leave you wondering why.