| alwaysamom, I think that the schools must allow it for promotional reasons. Talk to high school musical theater kids and you will inevitably hear them rave on and on about Michigan's videos in particular. Go to YouTube and put in "Michigan MT" and pages of videos will come up from student performances, voice labs, concerts and even performances, such as the one I mentioned of Carousel that was staged there a month or so ago. These videos do have an effect: when talking with other parents about where their kids wanted to go to school, people would say things like "Well, we are so impressed by the YouTubes of those Michigan kids" and so on. Conversely, I heard kids and parents criticize other schools because the videos on YouTube were not that good. So I definitely think that having these video clips up on YouTube is a very effective marketing tool for these programs, as the clips allow prospective students to see current students in action. That said, again, I understand the copyright issues and respect that NYU does not want those breached. |