Streaming the Dead

A recent article in the New York Times discussed the growing trend in live web feeds of funerals. This has progressed to a point where software companies are actually creating programs specifically suited to putting any funeral on the web.

From a certain view, I can see it being an outlet for streaming celebrity funerals (They used the Michael Jackson Example) to a wide audience of fans. As a fan would you really want to see the funeral of someone you admired in life, but didn't have any personal relationship with? To me it seems pretty odd that anyone would want to do this, and it makes the actual funeral so much less personal.

On the other hand, what if you were unable to travel across the world to see your Grandmothers funeral, but beyond all doubt want to be present. This could therefore be used to include a larger family audience that is not in attendance.

Kind of an interesting idea, though potentially weird at the same time.

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