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Will Google follow Viacom's lead?: The Electronic Frontier Foundation applauds Viacom today for standing up for upfront “fair use” rights of YouTubers.Responding to Viacoms willingness to take steps to protect the free speech rights of those who post videos to YouTube and similar video sharing sites, the Electronic Frontier Foundation EFF and Stanford Law Schools...; Tags: YouTube, Video, Legal, Google Software Applications, Google, Culture, Copyright, Content, Business Models; Blog posts 2007-04-23
Intuit: Bad with YouTube, REALLY bad with IRS: Can Web 2.0 make taxes sexy?I asked on the 15th, of February, thanks to a Intuit TurboTax contest at YouTube.On tax day this week I got the answer: I heard straight from YouTube, and got the message from the IRS.In February, I chided the Vanilla Ice led, Intuit sponsored make...; Tags: YouTube, Google, Enterprise, ecommerce, Business Models; Blog posts 2007-04-21
Who needs Brightcove? VMIX video gets sexy: Creative is sexy these days, for everyone. So proclaims VMIX.Dubbed the “Free video sharing and hosting community,” VMIX sounds like the latest, but certainly not last, valiant attempt to unseat Google’s almighty YouTube. VMIX, however, has set its competitive sights on a different online video leader, Brightcove. How does...; Tags: YouTube, Web 2.0, Video, VC, Venture Capital, Google, Business Models; Blog posts 2007-04-18
How Google has jumped the shark, big time: Is Google getting defensive?When the Googler in Chief takes to competitor trash talking in public, its well-honed Googley public goodwill strategy is at risk. Google will be a monopoly I predicted earlier in the month. Upon the Google announcement of its acquisition of DoubleClick Friday, I underscored: Google: $3.1...; Tags: YouTube, Wall Street, Video, Microsoft, Legal, Google Software Applications, Google, Copyright, Business Models, Advertising; Blog posts 2007-04-17
Google buyouts are BAD business: Will the real Google PLEASE stand-up! Google CEO Eric Schmidt and company are saying some wild and “crazy” things, literally.I heard Schmidt tell Wall Street last month that it is still “unclear” how revenue will be generated from its $1.65 billion acquisition of YouTube while nevertheless expressing supreme confidence...; Tags: YouTube, Venture Capital, VC, Web 2.0, Google Software Applications, Google, Business Models; Blog posts 2007-04-12

Google's big, bad risk: The real story in Yahoo’s feather in the cap multi-year exclusive sponsored search and contextual ads agreement with Viacom Web properties announced today? No, it is not that it is a $1 billion YouTube lawsuit slap in the face to Google, it is that it puts Google’s entire raison...; Tags: YouTube, Self-Promotion, Search Advertising, Search, Internet Data, Google Software Applications, Google Ads, Google, Culture, Copyright, Content, Business Models, Advertising; Blog posts 2007-04-10
YouTube: Why Google is running scared: Google’s trademark Googley super confidence is no where to be seen in its in-house litigation counsel’s blustery quid pro quo Washington Post retort to Viacom general counsel Michael Fricklas’s prior op-ed.While defiant, Michael Kwun is pithy, to a fault. It is ironic that his indignant “reply” to Viacom reads more...; Tags: YouTube, Web 2.0, Video, User-Generated Content, Google, Copyright, Content, Business Models; Blog posts 2007-03-30
Google news and views, Web 2.0 showcase: NEW at Digital Markets!: Readers of this Digital Markets Blog know I am passionate about two things:Google and Web 2.0!To complement my ongoing, in-depth, exclusive reporting and analysis of all things Google and Web 2.0, I am authoring two new series going forward:1) Web 2.0 Showcase and 2) Google News and ViewsWeb 2.0 Showcase...; Tags: YouTube, Web 2.0, Video, User-Generated Content, Media, Google, Copyright, Content, Business Models, Amateur Content, Advertising; Blog posts 2007-03-30
Web 2.0 video showcase: Acceptable.tv, Brightcove, Payoneer: UPDATE: Google news and views, Web 2.0 showcase: NEW at Digital Markets! First Issue: NY Video 2.0 March Meetup Presentations at Columbia UniversityMTV Networks: Kenny Miller, EVP & Creative Director, Global Digital MediaBrightcove: Tony Dunaif, VP, Content PartnershipsPayoneer: Yuval Tal, FounderMTV Networkss Acceptble.TV: Kenny Miller“When watching isn’t enough, take control”...; Tags: YouTube, Web 2.0, Video, Venture Capital, VC, User-Generated Content, TV, Television, Content, Business Models, Amateur Content, Advertising; Blog posts 2007-03-30
Google: Internet bubble 2.0?: In the immortal words of presidential candidate Ronald Reagan to President Jimmy Carter, “There you go again.” Henry Blodgett and Mary Meeker are “going again” with exuberant cheerleading for an Internet darling. Which is the “lucky” public company getting the Blodgett-Meeker props this Web 2.0 go around? The...; Tags: Business Models, Web 2.0, Search, Google, Blogs, Video, YouTube, ROI, Wall Street, Profits; Blog posts 2007-03-12
Google beefs up legal team in wake of subpoenas: “Google’s legal team is growing!” Google proudly announces to prospective new legal hires.No surprise, Google CEO Eric Schmidt expressed frustration earlier in the week that media company negotiations entail being “sued to death."Google seeks “motivated individuals who have a passion for providing top-notch support in the area of subpoena compliance.”Google’s...; Tags: Content, Movies, Copyright, YouTube, Video, Government, Legal, Google, Business Models, Media; Blog posts 2007-03-08
Why Google will never pay for content: I hold an MBA from New York University Stern School of Business. No MBA necessary, however, to grasp the American way, the American capitalist way that is: You get what you pay for! Why then does Wall Street darling, $140 billion market cap, 29% profit margin Google wantonly “make...; Tags: Advertising, Brands, Business Models, Click Fraud, Content, Copyright, Google, Google Software Applications, Marketing, Profits, ROI, Search, Search Advertising, Video, Wall Street, Web 2.0, YouTube; Blog posts 2007-03-06
YouTube: What Google CEO Eric Schmidt really thinks: I feel as if I have been traversing the country with Google CEO Eric Schmidt this week! Yesterday I enjoyed lunch with him during his address to the Morgan Stanley Technology Conference in San Francisco (read my first-hand report in “Google CEO extols $800 billion advertising opportunity”). I spent...; Tags: Wall Street, Search Advertising, Metrics, Content, Copyright, Google Software Applications, Television, TV, Brands, YouTube, Video, User-Generated Content, Google, Culture, Search, Advertising, Media, Web 2.0, Business Models; Blog posts 2007-03-06
Google: Copyright infringement lawsuit risks 'could be substantial': Once a year, Google is legally mandated to provide shareholders an accurate assessment of the real financial risks it faces. Google to shareholders on the “substantial” risks it faces regarding potential copyright infringement claims: Any time one of our products or services links to or hosts material in...; Tags: Business Models, Content, Copyright, Google, YouTube; Blog posts 2007-03-04
YouTube makes deal with BBC: Who wins?: The two Internet kings—Google and YouTube—were unusually restrained in announcing “BBC and YouTube partner to bring short-form BBC online content to online audiences.”Mark Thompson, Director-General of the BBC, did offer the typical “ground-breaking partnership” exclamation, however.How ground breaking? Not very from the YouTube side.AUTHORIZED CONTENT ON YOUTUBE: The non-exclusive partnership...; Tags: Business Models, Google, Google Software Applications, ROI, Social Media, Social Networking, Social Software, Social Web, Television, TV, Video, Web 2.0, YouTube; Blog posts 2007-03-02
iStockphoto CEO on Getty Images acquisition: Exclusive interview on one year anniversary: Got $1.00? Then you can download one of 1,459,000 artist quality, royalty-free images showcased at iStockPhoto.Bruce Livingstone, iStockphoto President and CEO, has been powering “the first, biggest and best community-powered marketplace for value-priced imagery,” since he founded it in April 2000.As of February 2006, Livingston has been powering his photographic...; Tags: Brands, Business Models, Content, Copyright, Culture, ecommerce, Marketing, ROI, Social Media, Social Networking, Social Web, The Real Deal, User-Generated Content, Video, Web 2.0, YouTube; Blog posts 2007-02-19
Google: Why TV networks will trump YouTube: It is a mainstream media irony when the very old print media guard characterizes the broadcast old media guard as merely “posturing” before the mighty, inexorable Google. While the “old gray lady” strives to maintain an apparent “balanced” discussion of Viacom and NBC and News Corp. versus Google, Richard...; Tags: Advertising, Amateur Content, Business Models, Content, Culture, Google, Google Software Applications, Legal, Local, Marketing, Media, Metrics, Newspapers, Search, Search Advertising, Social Media, Social Networking, Social Web, Television, TV, User-Generated Content, Video, Web 2.0, YouTube; Blog posts 2007-02-18
Universal Music vs. MySpace, Grouper, Bolt, YouTube?: Is today a landmark day for rights holders in the world of online video? Early this morning I noted “Google’s $1.65 billion DMCA gamble” asking “Does Google’s YouTube facilitate the theft of copyright content?” Universal Music Group has sued MySpace, Grouper, Bolt…but not YouTube.Will Google soon be asked...; Tags: Amateur Content, Business Models, Content, Copyright, Google, Google Software Applications, Movies, Music, ROI, Television, TV, Universal Music Group, User-Generated Content, Video, YouTube; Blog posts 2007-02-12
GoFish CEO + Bolt CEO: Moving advertising from TV to Internet, Exclusive Interview: Michael Downing, co-founder and CEO of GoFish, and Aaron Cohen, co-founder and CEO of Bolt Media, are enthusiastically looking forward to jointly growing a billion streams “made for Internet programming” advertising supported business, and they shared their enthusiasm with me this morning. In a New York-San Francisco conference call...; Tags: Business Models, Web 2.0, Advertising, CEO Interviews, Social Web, Video, YouTube, Amateur Content, Brands, TV, Television, Social Networking, Social Media, User Generated Politics, Social Capital, GoFish, Michael Downing; Blog posts 2007-02-12
Google's $1.65 billion DMCA gamble: Does Google’s YouTube facilitate the theft of copyright content? Perhaps, as I discussed over the weekend in “YouTube riches: Social video production or social video pirating?” Google is undoubtedly considering the ramifications of news out today that veteran video sharing site Bolt is negotiating a multi-million dollar settlement with...; Tags: Business Models, Legal, Google, Government, User-Generated Content, Social Web, Video, YouTube, Amateur Content, Google Software Applications, Copyright, Content, Music, Social Networking, Metrics, Universal Music Group, YouTube Inc.; Blog posts 2007-02-12