The tribute video is a popular drama amongst the YouTube crowd, who use it to memorialize everyone from 9/11 victims to Anna Nicole Smith. The format is simple -- cut together copyrighted footage of the tragedy to a soundtrack of copyrighted music. Here are two typical tribute videos about the Virginia Tech massacre:






Some YouTubers went so far as to create their own content to pay respects. See musician nanakojo's original song:



And Tom Cellie's: