I haven't run the numbers for this year the way I did for another (and someone else did for last year), but this VVC certainly felt more representative to me. (The fannish embrace of DW's Martha certainly helped there.) That makes me happy. Most of the Envelope vids made me happy in one way or another. Perhaps I was only imagining the undercurrent of anxiety I picked up at the panel, but it was surprising to me, which is why I mentioned it.

And I suspect that changes in the artform and in visibility are intertwined in even more than the obvious ways. I have to say I'd be more optimistic writing a summary judgment brief asserting a fair use defense for almost any of the Envelope vids than for even the shiniest of straightforward shipping vids. And vids just look so much more ready for prime time now...