Comments on: On User Generated Content

By: The Unrest Cure

The Unrest Cure — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 00:05:00 +0000

Hi Madhur, I think it’ll just take one legal notice (not even a lawsuit) from some studio to get all the Indian video content sites to start cleaning up their act. Probably wont be possible without stronger cyber laws.

Do remember that India has the highest usage of mobile phone cameras, and there’s nothing stopping people from shooting movie clips….and not that they aren’t doing it already *wink, wink*.

One just has to get them used to uploading that content. I think content aggregation is the next big thing, and Michael Eisner has endorsed what I’ve mentioned in this post, during his speech at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit.

There are quite a few international short films, particularly animated films, that are being watched on YouTube. I’d like to see the Indian content sites aggressively promote usage by hosting competitions for user generated content. A first prize of Rs.10,000 should be enough, and I guess it won’t cost them more than three times that much to host and promote it. Let’s see if sponsors are willing, though.

By: Madhur Khandelwal

Madhur Khandelwal — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 12:47:00 +0000

Nikhil,

Great post. I totally agree with you that because of the viral nature of UGC, it has great potential, but I am skeptical how soon this is going to take off in India. There are so many sites that are trying to cash in (youtube clones like meravideo, apnatube, digg clones like indianpad, indiahappening etc., delicious clones) on this phenomemon for Indian audience, but I have not seen any of them having any meaningful or “real” UGC. Most of them seem to be full of sleazy bollywood content.

Thoughts?

Madhur

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By: Finch, Scout

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By: The Unrest Cure

The Unrest Cure — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 08:02:00 +0000

A couple of things:

1. I’m Nikhil, not Amit.
2. The hold of the mainstream media has not been broken, though blogs are one way of keeping them in check.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 05:56:00 +0000

Dear Amit,

I think even blogging as a WEB 2.0 application has changed the way evens of national and international importance are covered. I am sure the Mafia of the Media has been broken by blogs. Also it has democratised information sharing among participants
Rajeev
http://www.tekno-world.blogspot.com