YOUTUBE and MediaMax

Firstly, my account in Youtube have been permanently disabled. *shrugs* Not that I have many vids on it but it's kinda sad to see Arashi files being deleted. So all the free advertising for the guys are slowly but surely being eroded away. Most fans these days I know have come to know of Arashi due to the influence of Youtube and the sharing of these files which showcase their many talents. It is a sad fact that copyright infringement is illegal. Although it is so, there is no way else that we can get to know of these wonderful guys other than these "underground" methods.

Without the sharing of files on the Internet, I doubt that they would be that hugely popular outside of Japan. I am not being biased here but the marketing of Japanese artistes is very limited overseas. It is not enough for them to cater just to the Japanese population residing in other countries. If they are to curb these free advertising and marketing from fans then it would be difficult to gain more fanbase. Looks like there will be a need for another source of sharing soon other than YOUTUBE. *let's see what we can find a bit later*

On to MediaMax. For those of you who have a free account in Mediamax, I hope you are aware that they are going to delete all your files when they migrate over to another platform and service called THELINKUP. If you don't, please read it here http://mediamaxblog.blogspot.com/ They have stated their intentions on this blog.

I have a paid account with them and they will migrate my files over as well. I'm offering to save the files of those of you who are in my flist. All you need to do is to send me the files and I will save the attachments into the different folders. You can have them back after you have signed up onto the new service. I will then re-transfer the files to you under your new id. I think that it is very silly and stupid of MediaMax to allow for such restrictions. They seriously have to re-think their business model.

For those of you who have my access list to the files, please be aware that there will be some changes once the migration is complete. In the meantime, if you can't download any file, please be patient.