Today, Brian Cooley was interviewed on CNBC about America Airlines and the subpoenas that they’ve given to Google and YouTube. According to news.com:

Someone uploaded part of a video used to train flight attendants on YouTube and Google Video. The airline subpoenaed those companies on Feb. 21 under the controversial Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), according to airline spokesman Tim Wagner. Under the provisions of the DMCA, companies have the right to request information in the event that their copyright materials are infringed upon.

The video in question, titled “Flight Attendant, Upside Down,” is under copyright, Wagner said.

Ok, that’s all well and good. Pretty interesting, right? Well during the taping, CNBC used some rather eye-catching b-roll for the part about YouTube.

This was it. Good choice, guys. Please keep in mind that this is going on while Brian is trying to discuss copyright and the DMCA and all that important stuff. So ridiculous.

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Thanks, Nick!

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Mom: “Don’t you want some GIRL things for Christmas?? Like some shoes?!”

*sigh*

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I was sent an email this morning, with the subject line “You’re famous!” Always good to grab my attention… this was the link that followed.

I was in a bar last week (a real one, the kind where you can drink without using a forward slash) with a World of Warcraft fan. We were discussing the upcoming G.A.M.E. event and how she wanted to volunteer in order to get in. She almost caught herself before saying, “I would do it just for the experience points.” Nice. I explained to her that there are three things I will never try: heroin, chicken-fried steak, and World of Warcraft. My justification is that I’m afraid I’d like them so much that they would eventually lead to my death.

HAHA! Oh god. I need a freaking life.

Also, I cancelled my Friendster account today, because they fired one of their employees for blogging. This is an old story, but one that I just caught wind of for whatever reason. And I don’t like it one bit.

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