In my first post on Progress Illinois' dispute with FOX Chicago over our use of their video content on YouTube, I wrote the following:
Rather then trying to turn the clock back to 1995, WFLD should get its web presence in order. Rather than trying to impede the use of their content, the station should embrace bloggers' interest in their coverage and figure out a way to share video in a usable, functional, and timely manner. Indeed, if we had been able to find embeddable versions of the videos in question, we would have surely used those (as we do with MSNBC content), rather then upload our own.
Now that the dispute has seemingly come to an end, I wanted to note one possible byproduct of the whole dust-up: FOX Chicago yesterday rejiggered its website yesterday to allow for embeddable video. This is a step in the right direction. Of the seven major news networks in Chicago, FOX and CLTV are currently the only stations to offer video embedding. The remaining five: ABC 7, NBC 5, CBS 2, WGN, and WTTW would all do well to follow suit.
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