Google’s time limit for
user-submitted videos uploaded to YouTube is well established, and
known by almost everyone these days.
Ten minutes. That’s it. No more.
Have twenty minutes
or more of
highlights from that Little League baseball game you
want to share
with the family via the video hosting website? It
ain’t
happening.
At
least not in one whole shot. Long-form podcasts? Nien!
And we all know why that cutoff point was established some
time
ago.
To combat piracy and copyright violations and whatnot.
Exceptions To The Rule
Of course, site
members found a way to get around that hurdle, cutting up television
shows and DVDs into small portions that YouTube’s new
uploader would
accept, but that’s neither here nor there. (A total misuse of
that
phrase, but what the hey.)
Google, however, has made a number of exceptions to the rule.
There was the much-publicized addition
of educational material added by way of UC Berkeley back in
early October.
And Google itself certainly gets free reign to do as it
pleases. Enter, the AtGoogleTalks video trove.
AtGoogleTalks
Whereas for most intents and purposes YouTube’s
video limit
is
generally an acceptable restriction, some things are best delivered in
unabridged form.
Such is the case with the recordings located on the
AtGoogleTalks page.
Hour Long Speeches & Presentations
Whether they be interviews with US presidential hopefuls or
ones
spotlighting authors and their fiction and/or nonfiction work, the
“sit-downs” Google has made available for YouTube
users’ perusal make
for pretty decent entertainment.
That is, if you’re into watching video captures of
hour-long
interviews and presentations and such. Which – and
we’re guessing here
– most YouTubers aren’t.
But for those who want to spend some quality time observing
the
walls of Google’s auditoriums and conference halls whilst
people like
Barack Obama or Michael Bloomberg or Joseph Stiglitz spout their
thoughts,you might just find the AtGoogleTalks selection appealing.
You can even hear a
performance by the artist Jose Gonzalez
in the first installment of the newly created Musicians@Google series.
Watch! Or Else…
So brew that coffee (or cocoa, if that’s your
thing), grab that mouse, and enjoy what Google’s given you.
Seriously. No joke. If you’re not entertained,
Google will know.
And…well…you don’t want to
find out
what they do with folks who fail to
appreciate. Trust us.
That “Don’t be
Evil” slogan has writ large over
at HQ? That message is directed at us out here in the public ether. Not
at itself.
Paul Glazowski is a contributing author discussing the social networking world, his work can be found on Profy.com
