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YouTube is adding a local twist to its popular video-sharing site with new versions tailored specifically to the local culture in nine countries, the company announced Tuesday. Users in Brazil, France, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Spain and the United Kingdom can now enjoy fully translated, local home pages and search functions when they visit YouTube. Coming soon will be even more localization with country-specific video rankings and comments as well as Video, Channel, Categories and Community sections.
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Original post by Katherine Noyes and software by Elliott Back
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Viewers hoping to get a free look at Michael Moore’s newest film, “Sicko,” were out of luck Monday after YouTube pulled links to pirated versions of the health care documentary that surfaced on the video-sharing Web site over the weekend. YouTube cited a copyright claim by Lionsgate, which is distributing the $9 million documentary with The Weinstein Co. A 124-minute version of the film had been posted on YouTube by at least two users. It could be watched in 14 video clips. Each segment had received 500 to 600 views before it was removed.
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Original post by Brian Bergstein and software by Elliott Back
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Young people can make a difference in politics, Sen. Barack Obama says in a new campaign video, by speaking up about “the things that are making you passionate.” Elsewhere on YouTube, a very scantily clad young woman is doing exactly that — in an unauthorized music video about her “Crush on Obama” that features her pole-dancing in a subway car and wearing a pair of “Obama” shorts that barely contain her enthusiasm for politics. Word of the new music video was spreading swiftly on the Internet Thursday.
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Original post by Christi Parsons and John McCormick and software by Elliott Back
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Given that a swarm of presidential candidates in both the Republican and Democratic camps have participated in several formal television debates, many voters may already be feeling election fatigue some 18 months before the big day. That should not stop viewers from tuning in on July 23, however, when eight Democratic presidential candidates will debate once again in South Carolina. The difference? The event will be sponsored by YouTube and CNN — and the questions won’t be fired by sober-faced, polite journalists; they’ll be coming from, well, anybody.
Original post by Erika Morphy and software by Elliott Back
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Using subscriber information provided by MySpace, Texas officials have arrested seven previously convicted sex offenders who illegally created profiles on the site. The arrests were described as the nation’s “first large-scale crackdown” on MySpace-enabled predation. The busts came after a two-week-long investigation aided by MySpace’s release of the suspects’ subscriber information, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said. The News Corp.-owned social networking site turned over the data “at the demand of attorneys general across the country,” said Abbott.
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Original post by Fred J. Aun and software by Elliott Back
