"the role of technology such as youtube and file sharing in establishing new communities that appear at least to be recognisably folk"

Tentative attempts to raise this question have been made here, but haven't led to much discussion (which I think is a pity particularly considering that Mudcat itself has ironically been with us since the dawn of interweb.)

The potential validity not only of internet fora and music sites as 'communities' (albeit virtual), but the validity of communities such as MySpace and YouTube as virtual vehicles for 'oral transmission' are I think pertinent, and very interesting questions when considered in relationship to the 1954 definition.