Comments on: Britain’s Got Talent‘s Susan Boyle Shoots to YouTube Stardom

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Vid-Biz: Disney, NBC, Rogers — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:26:10 +0000

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By: charles ogata

charles ogata — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:25:57 +0000

I would love to hear her sing "O Danny Boy" With her lovely voice and the haunting melodie, it should be a hit.

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Susan Boyle 90% As Viral As Last Time — Thu, 28 May 2009 18:27:02 +0000

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Mon, 18 May 2009 06:24:15 +0000

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By: How Internet Content Distribution & Discovery Are Changing

How Internet Content Distribution & Discovery Are Changing — Mon, 18 May 2009 02:02:17 +0000

[...] A few months ago, Liz Gannes, writing for NewTeeVee, pointed out that Facebook and Twitter are becoming major sources of traffic for bloggers, such as Perez Hilton, and online video sites, and are growing really fast. This means that content can “go viral” more quickly than ever before, as we saw recently with the tremendous trajectory of views for unlikely international hero Susan Boyle. [...]

By: Dispute Keeps Boyle Clip From Bringing in Big Bucks

Dispute Keeps Boyle Clip From Bringing in Big Bucks — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:36:22 +0000

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Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:23:25 +0000

[...] metrics for a dramatic web series should be different than a flash-in-the-pan phenom like Susan Boyle, or even a comedy series that doesn’t have an ongoing narrative. Just like with oldteevee, an [...]

By: Angel of Death (Keeps) Killing with 4.7M Views

Angel of Death (Keeps) Killing with 4.7M Views — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:25:22 +0000

By: Timekeeper

Timekeeper — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 02:48:49 +0000

Interesting position, numbers23, but that is how rights holders make a living – receiving royalties for the work they create. Just because a track goes viral does not mean that it is exempt from copyright law and compensation to the artist that created it.

Check out this link:http://tinyurl.com/cfmwbh where Pete Waterman, the co-writer of “never going to give you up” and was used to Rick Roll 154 million times has received a whopping $16 to date for his IP.

While it is a stretch to compare the works of Mr. Schönberg and Mr. Waterman in the same sentence, both have had their intellectual property used without adequate and fair compensation.

By: When underdogs achieve: Susan Boyle and Paul Potts | The Shopping Network

When underdogs achieve: Susan Boyle and Paul Potts | The Shopping Network — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 02:37:03 +0000

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By: numbers23

numbers23 — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 23:49:35 +0000

I doubt whoever owns the rights will be able to recoup any royalties… the video is too viral –Plus, I’m willing to bet that Ms. Boyle just introduced Les Mis… to thousands, if not millions of new (younger) listeners, I would expect sells of the soundtrack to tick upwards, so it should be a nice little boost for someone — trying to go after people for copyright infringement would be a big mistake — go with the flow is what I say…

By: Liz Shannon Miller

Liz Shannon Miller — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:15:52 +0000

That's something I didn't have a chance to explore, TK, but a very interesting point!

By: timekeeper

timekeeper — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:34:53 +0000

What about the Royalty issue that seems to be missed on this story. The Producers of Britain's Got Talent and/or Ms.Boyle must have cleared and paid for rights to use the song on the show. Now that it has hit YouTube 15million times, and growing, should someone be paying Claude-Michel Schönberg, or whomever owns the rights, for this public digital presentation?

-TK