Free spirit of internet

First, let's take a minute and watch this inspiring video first!

A few key translations that I will provide first to help you understand this video better.

 Hatsune Miku (初音ミク)

is the green anime character that you see on the video. It came from the software with the same name. The miku software provides the users the ability to create songs and music video voiced by vocaloids,

アップロード = Upload
動画を投稿する　= Submit a video for contest
動画をアップロード = Upload a video
イラストを投稿 = Submit a illustration picture

Here we go:

This is a Google Chrome commercial that came to Japan in 2011. Google's main goal is always making the world's information more public accessible. And this is also a major topic being discussed recently with all the Protect Intellectual Property issues all over the Internet. What I am trying to say to all those legislators, to those people who are hanging their lives dearly onto the decay and rotting laws of copyright protection in the age of the Internet is, SHUT UP and look around. You are no longer the single sided producers and users of the Internet. It is time to let it go.

" Hatsune Miku " is a virtual singer who can sing any song that anybody composes.

It has made a massive impact on all creators through the web.They, inspired by her songs, have published their original worksnot only in the field of music, but in illustration, video,CG, cosplay, live performance and dance.
Then, the works inspired the other creators again and again.That is to say, Hatsune Miku triggered the chain reaction of creativity.
Besides over 30,000 original tracks, many more works arestill being released over the web.
Feel the possibilities of the web through the social phenomenon caused by million craetors.

The Internet is giving the power, to the users.
Miku was merely a simply program in the market, but because people all over the world shares the same passion and interests, it grew into a community, then a larger community, and larger and larger! Miku ended up having several 3D-laser technologies concerts in Japan, Shanghai, and Los Angeles with thousands of people going into to watch it. There are hundreds of thousands of soundtracks and music videos made from the software, and other media such as games, cosplay, illustrations and CG all evolved from this very origin. Without the Internet that connects all the people and their works with Miku, all these would not have been possible. The Internet united people of the same interests with public sharing of their works!


The Internet is showing something that the major producers are not hoping to see: the power of the users and the amount that user generated content can be.

More video is uploaded to YouTube in one month than the 3 major US networks created in 60 years 

 And that there are an hour long of video being uploaded to Youtube every second, even as you are reading this blog! (That being said, since you started to read this blog post till now, there are probably about 40 hours long of new videos being uploaded to Youtube)

Now, the old firms are merely trying to shut down the Internet because they are afraid of the power of the users. The SOPA, PIPA, and the newest ACTA and TIFF are their attempts to maintain their control of the market. But we should not let them succeed, because the Internet is much more than their new playground.