Clay Aiken News Network

As a fan of Clay Aiken, I have come to enjoy YouTube. It has given me the opportunity to re-live many Clay Aiken memories and, even more importantly, has allowed us to watch many artistic montages by some talented fans.

YouTube was founded by three former PayPal employees, who, after witnessing the boom of online grassroots video, realized the need for a decent service that made the process of uploading, watching and sharing videos hassle-free. They registered the domain YouTube.com on February 15th, 2005 and developed the site over the following months from a garage in Menlo Park. In November 2005, YouTube made its debut with a $3.5 million of funding from Sequoia Capital.

In November 2006, YouTube, LLC was bought by Google Inc. for $1.65 billion, and is now operated as a subsidiary of Google.

The service of YouTube is completely free for its users. The company makes it money by having banner advertising, sponsorships, partnerships and promotions.

The biggest problem with YouTube seems to be copyright infringements. There have not been a lot of lawsuits over copyright infringement as the site has taken down videos to settle some complaints. It is up to the copyright holders to issue the takedown notice.

One of the great things about YouTube is that the concept – uploading, viewing and sharing videos seems to appeal to nearly every age, race, and nationality. Their growth has been truly phenomenal. Used by millions everyday, they have made an exceptional name for themselves and have become the company that changed the way the world watches videos.

Over the last two weeks, over 12 million people have watched the popular wedding march on YouTube. Because of this, YouTube is bragging that they are forging a positive relationship with the music industry. The wedding party danced down the aisle to Chris Brown’s “Forever.” The video is responsible for the song becoming an unexpected hit. According to Billboard, the song sold 50,000 downloads during the first week the wedding was on YouTube. That marks the highest sale for Brown since December of 2008.

Perhaps the music labels should take note of this. The labels have been afraid of allowing any free downloads on-line while the independent artists have been doing it successfully for a few years.

Do you use YouTube? Do you download Clay Aiken performances? Well, we certainly use them here. They make enjoying Clay so much easier.

So………lets see a Clay Aiken video!!

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iu0CKMHT1tI

Clay Aiken News Network………..What ?? Another Clay Aiken site??

Today, I wanted to let you know a bit about CANN.

CANN was started for one reason and one reason only; to report positive news about Clay Aiken in a way that respects him and his career.

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The site was born out of a conversation about what fans can do to support Clay. Many ideas were floated around, but after some consideration, the idea of CANN was born.

There are three of us who work together to produce CANN. We have a wonderful lady who understands the technology side of the internet. We have another who is artistic and enjoys working with pictures, banners, videos and blends. The third member of the team researches information and tries to write it in an easy manner. All three people are trying to learn as we go. We all want to be proficient in all aspects of the site so we can help each other when necessary.

And just an aside….. None of us have ever met. We are internet friends who found each other and it seems to be working well.

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We want feed-back from the readers. If you have any ideas or suggestions, please let us know. We want the site to be up-to-date and interesting to the readers.

What can the fans of Clay Aiken do to show support?? I think we all want to help. Here are a few suggestions. Maybe you agree or maybe you have better ideas that you will share.

1. Read and comment on as many blogs as possible. Google keeps track of hits and comments. The more hit and comments, the higher the blog will be placed on the Google page. That’s good as it helps bury some of the “junk”.
2. Try to vote on some of the polls that are out there. I know that is something that fans argue about all the time, but many people see these polls and look to see the placement of the names.
3. Remember that when you post on a public board, anyone can read it and report it to anyone else.
4. And finally, let’s be kind to each other. We are ALL here because we are fans of Clay Aiken. That’s what is important.

Our goal is to update each day, even when Clay is on vacation. Please let us know what you think by going to the About tab at the top of the blog. There is a place to submit information there and all suggestions are appreciated.

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