Remember when youtube.com first started, and then it got popular, and then we had the first scandal of a fake candid video? Well, Lonelygirl15 is one of the biggest scandals to hit YouTube, and her first series is over.

After more than a year and 260 episodes, 16-year old Bree, the main character on the web drama LonelyGirl15, was killed off at the hands of the religious cult that had chased her for the life-giving qualities of her rare blood type.

In her last appearance on the popular and influential web show, Bree, portrayed by Jessica Lee Rose, lies lifeless on a table while her blood is transfused into one of the cult’s elders. The monotone of her flat-lining heart pierces the silence as her devastated friends watch from a distance.

Sydney Morning Herald

Bree’s friend’s will continue to fight the religious cult in the next series. Check out the series here, as it is no longer on YouTube.

I never knew it went so long! Now Jessica Lee Rose (the actress who portrayed Bree) is planning on heading up to Hollywood, and trying out her acting skills in a more mainstream environment.

This wasn’t exactly the first time YouTube had fakes. Like advertisements for products that were meant to look like amateur videos. I’ve never watched YouTube just for the browsing value (maybe when New Zealand catches up with the rest of the world and gets some decent internet it would be more satisfyingly faster) but it is amazing what people put up there – and what gets removed.

A mother is suing Universal Music Publishing Group for insisting a video of her toddler dancing to music by pop star Prince be yanked from YouTube on copyright violation grounds.

Electronic Frontier Foundation lawyers said they filed a lawsuit yesterday asking a San Francisco federal court to protect the woman’s fair use and free speech rights.

“Universal’s takedown notice doesn’t even pass the laugh test,” said EFF lawyer Corynne McSherry.

“Copyright holders should be held accountable when they undermine non-infringing, fair uses like this video.”

Sydney Morning Herald

Floating about the place this week is also the top ten YouTube rock and roll moments, which need to be updated as soon as possible to include Beyonce’s stage fall.

Note by Celebitchy: You can see all the videos on YouTube. Here is the one where Bree dies, its at about 1:50 into this video. I had to watch several of these crappy episodes to find it. You can tell she’s really dead because there are two more episodes after this where her friends talk about it. Some people really liked this, and I guess for YouTube they did a decent job.