I found this article extremely interesting as someone heading into the world of new media. It's interesting to note how it's no longer enough as a media producer to only write or to only make video. You have to be proficient in all things—or at least, you need to be able to work with all things. Find your specialty but be aware of audience expectations. It's not enough to have a full-text article online anymore. People expect videos, animations, photos, and so forth. And because these people have seen what is possible on the internet, they expect you to do just as well if not better than everything else they've seen.
The possibilities of new media are exciting. The copyright concern is always an issue, but I don't see why it has to be, so long as people are asking for permission rather than just taking. It's easy to take, but it shouldn't be difficult to ask. Maybe creators need to be more available to give permission? I don't know. I know that copyright is becoming more and more of an issue, though. We see it in the major online piracy of movies and music that actually has the potential to financially harm creators. People tend to assume that creators can spare the money, but oftentimes, the actual creators are not the millionaire movie and music stars that we've grown accustomed to seeing. And in the end, people are never a fan of copyright law until it's protecting their work.
