Never Trust a Corporation to do a Library's Job
-love that line from:
https://medium.com/message/never-trust-a-corporation-to-do-a-librarys-job-f58db4673351 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0M_p0sv-nU
The Internet Archive has much of this history, if they would just redirect the subdomain to us, we would be happy to keep the links alive as well.
If YouTube were a newspaper, how much would it weigh?
ChatGPT
Calculating how much YouTube would weigh if it were a newspaper involves several estimations, including the amount of data YouTube hosts and the equivalent amount of printed paper that data would represent. Let's approach this with some assumptions and simplifications:
Data hosted on YouTube: As of my last update, YouTube hosts an enormous amount of video content, with hundreds of hours of video uploaded every minute. For a rough estimate, let's consider a figure like 500 hours of video uploaded every minute.
Data size of video: The size of one hour of video can vary greatly depending on the quality. Let's assume an average quality video is about 1GB per hour.
Annual video uploads: Calculating the annual video uploads in hours and then in gigabytes (GB).
Paper equivalent: Estimating the amount of printed text equivalent to 1GB of data is challenging, as it depends on the format, the type of content (text, images, etc.), and the printing method. A rough estimate might say that 1GB of text data is equivalent to roughly 100,000 pages of printed text (this can vary widely, but it's a starting point for our calculation).
Weight of paper: The weight of standard printer paper is about 5 grams per sheet.
Using these assumptions, we can estimate the total weight of YouTube if it were a newspaper. Let's do the math.
If YouTube were a newspaper, based on the rough estimations and assumptions made, it would weigh approximately 131,400,000,000 kilograms (or about 131.4 million metric tons) annually. This calculation is highly speculative and serves to illustrate the vast amount of data hosted on YouTube in a tangible way. The actual figure could vary significantly based on the specific details and assumptions applied.
"Vox populi vox Dei" is from a quotation saying the opposite of voice of people is voice of God:
"...riotiousness of the crowd is always very close to madness" --Alcuin 8th C AD.
Here is the book I am quoting (The Little Oxford dictionary of quotations):
https://archive.org/details/littleoxforddict0000unse_b9y8/page/242/mode/1up?q=%22Nec+audiendi+qui+solent+dicere%2C+vox+populi%2C+vox+dei%2C+quum+tumultuositas+vulgi+semper+insaniae+proxima+sit%22
Mike-- I love your post.
Yes, lets reinforce our democracies by making the public domain publicly accessible.
It seems strange that it is not accessible, but it is not. This project seeks to change that.
Onward!
-brewster
Digital Librarian, Internet Archive
Thank you for the hat-tip to the Internet Archive and the project to support the commons-- There are many of us supporting open access.
When materials are open access, then institutions can more easily cooperate because we do not need NDA's, contracts, lawyers, firewalls, etc.
Open Access journal articles are cited more and apparently read more, so this is a great way to move forward. The Internet Archive can serve the role of backup, but also bulk access for researchers.
I am looking forward to the meta-science, the science of studying scholarly output, that can be more easily done because the materials are publicly accessible and in bulk.
25% and 33% of library budgets go to buying publisher's products, from what I have seen.
Another useful stat is for trade publishers, about 20% of their revenue comes from libraries.
in terms of supporting the long tail, the less popular authors-- think of libraries.
but publishers love to sue libraries: http://blog.archive.org/2020/07/29/internet-archive-responds-to-publishers-lawsuit/
Thank you for the helpful analysis, and as someone with the Internet Archive, thank you for reading our amicus brief.
The chart showing the disappearing 20th century confirms your analysis. http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/03/the-missing-20th-century-how-copyright-protection-makes-books-vanish/255282/ The full lecture is really good at showing the faults in the lobbiest's argument: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=-DpfZcftI00
-brewster
Digital Librarian
Internet Archive
Techdirt has not posted any stories submitted by brewsterkahle.
Quotation appears in 1995 book
https://archive.org/details/ronaldreaganwisd00reag/page/60/mode/1up?q=%22looks+like+they%27re+doing+the+patriotic+thing+by+protecting+American+products+and+jobs%22
"very bipartisan in nature" pls say more...
at the end of your article it said "very bipartisan in nature"... how does this break down?
original essay on Chesterton's Fence
https://archive.org/details/thingwhyiamcatho0000gkch/page/27/mode/1up
Never Trust a Corporation to do a Library's Job -love that line from: https://medium.com/message/never-trust-a-corporation-to-do-a-librarys-job-f58db4673351 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0M_p0sv-nU The Internet Archive has much of this history, if they would just redirect the subdomain to us, we would be happy to keep the links alive as well.
Youtube would weigh 131.4 million metric tons annually if a newspaper says chatgpt
If YouTube were a newspaper, how much would it weigh? ChatGPT Calculating how much YouTube would weigh if it were a newspaper involves several estimations, including the amount of data YouTube hosts and the equivalent amount of printed paper that data would represent. Let's approach this with some assumptions and simplifications:
Using these assumptions, we can estimate the total weight of YouTube if it were a newspaper. Let's do the math. If YouTube were a newspaper, based on the rough estimations and assumptions made, it would weigh approximately 131,400,000,000 kilograms (or about 131.4 million metric tons) annually. This calculation is highly speculative and serves to illustrate the vast amount of data hosted on YouTube in a tangible way. The actual figure could vary significantly based on the specific details and assumptions applied. "Vox populi vox Dei" means the opposite...
"Vox populi vox Dei" is from a quotation saying the opposite of voice of people is voice of God: "...riotiousness of the crowd is always very close to madness" --Alcuin 8th C AD. Here is the book I am quoting (The Little Oxford dictionary of quotations): https://archive.org/details/littleoxforddict0000unse_b9y8/page/242/mode/1up?q=%22Nec+audiendi+qui+solent+dicere%2C+vox+populi%2C+vox+dei%2C+quum+tumultuositas+vulgi+semper+insaniae+proxima+sit%22
Democracy's Library thanks you
Mike-- I love your post. Yes, lets reinforce our democracies by making the public domain publicly accessible. It seems strange that it is not accessible, but it is not. This project seeks to change that. Onward! -brewster Digital Librarian, Internet Archive
Open Access institutions are building a new ecosystem
Thank you for the hat-tip to the Internet Archive and the project to support the commons-- There are many of us supporting open access.
When materials are open access, then institutions can more easily cooperate because we do not need NDA's, contracts, lawyers, firewalls, etc.
Open Access journal articles are cited more and apparently read more, so this is a great way to move forward. The Internet Archive can serve the role of backup, but also bulk access for researchers.
I am looking forward to the meta-science, the science of studying scholarly output, that can be more easily done because the materials are publicly accessible and in bulk.
-brewster
Re: Re: Libraries are customers too
25% and 33% of library budgets go to buying publisher's products, from what I have seen. Another useful stat is for trade publishers, about 20% of their revenue comes from libraries. in terms of supporting the long tail, the less popular authors-- think of libraries. but publishers love to sue libraries: http://blog.archive.org/2020/07/29/internet-archive-responds-to-publishers-lawsuit/
Re: Libraries are customers too
25% and 33% of library budgets go to buying publisher's products, from what I have seen.
disappearing 20th century
Thank you for the helpful analysis, and as someone with the Internet Archive, thank you for reading our amicus brief.
The chart showing the disappearing 20th century confirms your analysis. http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/03/the-missing-20th-century-how-copyright-protection-makes-books-vanish/255282/ The full lecture is really good at showing the faults in the lobbiest's argument: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=-DpfZcftI00
-brewster
Digital Librarian
Internet Archive