The forms of publishing have grown rapidly in the past decade. As a result, these days, people benefit from the emergence of new forms media publishing as they can obtained information easily especially in the Internet Era.
The new forms of media can be defined as the electronic communication that is made possible through the use of computer technology (Webopedia.com 2009).
Moreover, the new trend of Internet media has treated the traditionally way of media published such as print-based newspaper or magazine in terms of the degree of control and the regulation in publishing the news. For example the Malaysiadigest.blogspot was one of the few online alternative media that was able to conform to the ethical notion of unbiased reporting without much fear due to its lack of rules and regulation and the degree of control by the government. As a result, it has causes the generation Y nowadays, has become more political and news conscious. Also they are able to express their own expression in regards of any issue by leaving the comment in the discussion space as provided in the blogspot.
Youtube VS Copyright Issue
Research shows that, more than 80% of Malaysia Internet users viewed online video especially Youtube during the month of January 2010 (AdoiMagazine.com 2010). This shows that, by surfing into Youtube has become the rule of thumb for the Internet users. Therefore it has changed the way of people receiving or reading the information such as they rather spend time viewing on the relevant video clip than reading the print-based text.
Part of the reason is because of there are all sources of video clips that can be found in Youtube. Users can upload any video just by registering to become the member. Thus, 24 hours worth of video are being uploaded to the site every minute (Yahoonews, 2010). As a result, Youtube has been criticized frequently for failing to ensure that its online content address to the law of copyright.
This is because some of the videos uploaded are without proper permission such as music video or even video episode that haven officially release. As a result, in order to avoid the copyright issue and create a good brand name in both users and media production point of view, Youtube should strengthen and revise their rules on copyright issue.
Reference:
Adoi Daily Fresh News 2010, ‘COMSCORE NOW In Malaysia, Australia, China, Japan and Singapore’, viewed 18 April 2010,
Webopedia 2009, New Media, viewed 18 April 2010,
Yahoonews 2010, ‘YouTube redesigns website to keep viewers captivated’, viewed 18 April 2010,
Bibliography:
Adoi Daily Fresh News 2010, viewed 18 April 2010,
MalaysiaDigest.Blogspot 2010, viewed 18 April 2010,
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