Why Not Leech Off of YouTube, Video Pioneers Ask

By Tim Gideon

There was nary an empty seat at Monday evening's SXSW panel entitled "What Does the Future Hold for Video on the Internet."

It opened with the moderator, Eddie Codel, producer and co-founder of Geek TV, announcing: "We have beer, we hope you do, too [sadly, I did not]. Whenever someone says the word 'paradigm', everyone drinks." This prompted an audience member to yell "paradigm", after which the rules were immediately revised. The panel consisted of Codel, Micki Krimmel of Revver, Kent Nichols from the wildly popular Ask A Ninja, Kevin Rose of Digg fame, and Scott Watson—the odd-man-out, not-so-indie rep from Disney.


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