Their amateur videos and photographs began appearing on video-sharing sites, such as YouTube and CNN's iReport.
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Video sharing sites like You Tube are being co-opted by consumer brands like Nike.
They include the rise of tablets as well as the growth in online lockers and P2P sharing sites.
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Record labels have faced dire times ever since disrupters like Napster and other Web sharing sites shook the industry.
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Unlike many other file-sharing sites, UKNova did not run adverts on its pages.
The touch screen device will allow internet video sharing sites such as YouTube to be viewed anywhere or time.
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However, in contrast to most video sharing sites, Zudeo offers high definition videos.
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SmugMug account holders also can opt to post photos to several sharing sites at the same time with one click.
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Unlike most photo sharing sites that are based on specific people, Mobli offers a way of sharing photos based on hashtags.
The 2008 offences took the form of a hoax online conversation exchanging images obtained from file-sharing sites, which were then deleted.
FileSonic's apparent closure adds to a list of other file-sharing sites that have been shut down or restricted over recent months.
Pinterest, like all other popular sharing sites, has attempted to regulate this.
For most, that means placing promotional clips on their own Web sites as well as popular video sharing sites like Google 's YouTube.
Smaller social networks, image-sharing sites, free website hosting platforms and hacked websites are increasingly being used by content distributors desperate to avoid detection.
The Pirate Bay, a free-to-use service supported by advertising, with an estimated 22m users, has become one of the world's biggest file-sharing sites.
Most shows that have popped up on content sharing sites like BitTorrent, Break or YouTube are quickly yanked at the request of studio lawyers.
While Sotzing and O'Leary admit YouTube and other video-sharing sites seem a logical fit for Carson's content, they have been hesitant because of legal concerns.
The site is encouraging people to take pictures at shelters and share them with photo sharing sites in a coordinated effort to identify displaced loved ones.
By sprinkling a massive number of out-of-towners (and their wallets) throughout a city, room-sharing sites have the ability to bring huge amounts of capital into new neighborhoods.
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Stand-alone companies like video sharing sites Youku and Tudou are in a scary environment and could be snapped up if and when the price is right.
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The new DivX TV platform will offer a large and diverse roster of online content including Internet video, premium movies, music channels, social networking services and photo-sharing sites.
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Along with iTunes, it provided an IP managed solution to the panic caused by Napster and other file sharing sites that seemed to have no respect for creative ownership.
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The South Korean cyber investigation unit has sent investigators to the two file-sharing sites that are believed to have spread the malicious code, according to the National Police Agency.
While artists like The Counting Crows are embracing the brighter sides of new distribution, file-sharing sites can still be bad news for established record labels and movie studios.
File-sharing sites comprise both file-hosting and BitTorrent tracking sites each of which may have different legal status in different jurisdictions depending on interpretation and enforcement of various copyright laws.
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One of the spots, which shows up on video sharing sites such as Hulu.com, shows a man stuck in a precarious situation: he is trying to escape a porcupine.
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According to the survey, double the number of people who had used illegal file-sharing sites would be prepared to pay for music compared to those that had never used such services.
But, it looks like with the help of the new crop of music file sharing sites the industry, after ten years of stomping their feet may be ready to accept the changing tide.
For most, that means placing promotional clips on their own Web sites as well as popular video sharing sites like Google 's (nasdaq: GOOG - news - people ) YouTube.
One problem with this setup is that mechanical systems, while necessary to sort the vast amount of content being uploaded to YouTube and other video sharing sites every moment, are short on nuance.
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