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I pretty much hate T-Pain, but I always appreciate a video with awesome dancing:
Snoop does T-Pain better than T-Pain does T-Pain:
ETA: On that note, here are some graphical interpretations of popular rap songs. Some of them are really funny, others are by people who have obviously never taken statistics classes.
Show us what you're thankful for.
Over a million iPhones have been sold. Have you: bought one, considered it, or decided it's not for you?
None of the above, but I do have an iPhone. =)
i think that for as long as I live, the sound of Leslie Feist's voice will always make me think of lying with AJ on his bed in his Santa Monica apartment on a freakishly hot January afternoon with the windows open. "Gatekeeper" especially gives me warm fuzzy memories.
That said, I like the sample, I like the beat, and I normally like Twista, but not all together like this. The synths kind of ruin the experience right now, but I can definitely see this song growing on me, just cause of that sample. It's already on my MySpace.
An innocent picture of a girl posted on Flickr was used without a model release on a Virgin Mobile ad campaign in Australia. Not only that, but the ad was racist.
Admittedly, while I do definitely take issue with the ad being racist, I think I actually have more problems with ad agencies actually taking advantage of Creative Commons licenses for major ad campaigns.
Use of the photo without permission from the photographer (they only have to attribute it to the photographer, which I guess they did by providing the Flickr URL on the ad) is apparently perfectly legal under the Creative Commons license. As for model release (getting permission from the person in the photo to use their likeness), it's required in the United States, but apparently isn't required in Australia. The girl's face was plastered on billboards half a world away and she didn't even have any idea about it! None of the people whose photos were used were ever informed that they'd show up in an ad campaign.
I'm a Flickr Pro member and this worries me. I really don't have anything to worry about since all the photos I upload use the "All Rights Reserved" thing (no CC license), but I was kind of under the impression that Creative Commons licenses were really only used for the express purpose of sharing stuff over the internet, like "I am letting you repost my pictures on your blog without having to pay me, so long as you give me credit." And I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of other people on Flickr used the CC license under the same impression, not really paying attention to all that legal mess and what it implicates. So maybe it's the photographers' own stupid faults, but it's kind of disturbing that the Creative Commons license technically gives major ad agencies free reign over whatever you post on the internet. It's bad enough that Flickr is pretty much overrun by anonymous pervs. And I know there isn't really anything I can do about complete strangers favorite-ing my pregnant photos, short of making all of my pictures viewable by friends and family only... and what's the fun in that?
I don't get how people are so nonchalant about this in the discussion. "It's up to the photographer to understand the license he/she is using," "It's up to the publisher to decide if a model release is necessary," and "The American idiots get what's coming to them," and blah dee blah. It's one thing to understand that you really shouldn't post anything on the internet that you wouldn't want the general public knowing about you (we've all learned our lesson about the damaging effects of public Myspace profiles and smear campaigns on message boards). But does this mean that every time I'm at a party and somebody brings a camera, I either have to dodge all those cameras in order to prevent the same thing from happening to me, or I have to ask every single one of the camera holders if they will be sharing their pictures on the internet using a commercial use license? That is on some bullshit.
I guess I'm more worried about this from a parenting standpoint. As unlikely as the situation seems, if my daughter and some of my friends kids end up on some weird or offensive ad campaign because they were at a birthday party and one of the parents snapping photographs accidentally shared it online with a license, do I really have no say as a a parent regarding its use? Is there really no way to share stuff with other common folk without restricting access by major corporations?
I'm surprised more Flickr photographers aren't totally pissed off about this. This is very obviously a case of a huge corporation taking the cheapest way out to make the most amount of money, under the guise of being "edgy." Given whatever legalese the license has in its language, it might be well within Virgin Mobile's rights to take advantage -- I'm just surprised that so many people really couldn't give less of a damn that the company is basically exploiting the gray area.
And further, I'm even more irked that it's a really lazy ad campaign done by a major corporation. How hard would it have been to either contact the photographers to at least let them know that their photos were being used? How hard would it have been to send an intern out with a disposable camera to take similar generic ass photos for use in the campaign? How hard would it have been to put out a big photo contest in Australia? Other corporations take the precautions and cover their ass, rather than simply taking advantage of a license and throwing their own consumers under the bus. It might have cost Virgin Mobile a little more money to do it the courteous way, but it's money they obviously had and decided not to use.
THEN they gotta make the ad all racist like, "Dump your dorky Asian friend."
Show us which album tops your best of 2007 list so far.
I kinda think most music from this year sucks, but this was delightful.
Two names you go by:
bundeo, baby
Two things you are wearing right now:
spongebob slippers and a red and pink dress.
Two things you would want (or have) in a relationship:
laughter and understanding <-- stealing alison's answer.
Two of your favorite things to do:
writing and singing i think
Two things you want very badly at the moment:
for aj to be here and to have nice maternity pictures taken.
Two people who will answer these questions, or first to send it back:
besides alison, then nicole, but i don't know who else.
Two things you did last night:watched scrubs and had a very sweet talk with my boyfriend.
Two things you ate yesterday:
chicken quesadilla and baked chicken for dinner.
Two people you have last talked to:
my boss and aj over text messaging.
Two things you're doing tomorrow:
possibly cleaning the house and getting my 3d ultrasound!
Two longest car rides:
from connecticut to florida, and maybe from los angeles to either san francisco or sedona arizona.
Two favorite holidays:
christmas and labor day (lol)
Two favorite drinks:
lately... organic milk and root beer if i'm feeling naughty.
This song is making me cry... a lot.
