Yesterday the Indianapolis Colts hosted the New Orleans Saints in the XLIV Super Bowl. Millions of fans around the country have been waiting to see the athletes, the plays and the entertainment, including the much anticipated 2010 Super Bowl ads. What fans won’t see this year is a banned GoDaddy.com commercial that has spurred controversy and a video contest called Think You Can Make a Better Go Daddy Commercial? (more…)

It seems as though the lines between what is user-generated content (UGC) and what isn’t may be getting a little fuzzy.

For instance, take the new Fox television contest called Aniboom Holiday Animation Challenge, hosted by Aniboom, a company that specializes in online UGC video contests. It asks users to submit a short cartoon that, if developed into a series, would fit nicely into the line up of existing Fox cartoon programming such as Family Guy, American Dad and The Simpsons. The question is: is this contest really supplying Fox with UGC if that content is produced by professionals or other equally talented individuals? (more…)