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Copyright quagmire for Google and YouTube: Copyright quagmire for Google and YouTubeGreedy MoronsThat's all I have to say...Cuban's an idiotSo he happens to cash out of his company before the dot-com crash, and that makes him some sort of expert on all things digital? What other astounding success has he had (other than the current...; Tags: Cuban, Google Inc., Viadumb, viacom, GooTube, YouTube Inc.; Discussion threads 2007-03-14
Viacom sues GooTube for $1Billion: In what could be described as throwing its toys out of the pram, Viacom has slapped Google with a $1Billion law suit, accusing Google-owned YouTube of "massive intentional copyright infringement". In addition to compensation, Viacom has asked the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York for an...; Tags: Google, Video Sharing, YouTube; Blog posts 2007-03-13
GooTube lookout: Jeremy Allaire debuts "Aftermix" as part of a re-tooled Brightcove: Shortly after Adobes senior vice president and chief architect Kevin Lynch gave an overview of the companys roadmap for its Apollo platform here at the companys Engage event, developers who are working with the platform took turns at the podium to demonstrate what theyve done. So far, the most impressive...; Tags: Software Infrastructure, Personal Technology, General; Blog posts 2007-02-27
GooTube and engines of monetization: On Rough Type, Nick Carr ruminates on the distribution of wealth, digital sharecropping and algorithms in the early Web era. In a previous post on sharecropping in the 21st century, Nick wrote:One of the fundamental economic characteristics of Web 2.0 is the distribution of production into the hands of the...; Tags: General, Web Technology, Google, YouTube, cash economy; Blog posts 2007-02-09
GooTube: Chad Hurley says business as usual: At the Churchill Club event, "Making a List: Fourth Annual Whats Hot and Whats Not in Personal Technology," at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA, I caught up with one of the speakers, YouTube co-founder and CEO Chad Hurley. His favorite gadgets currently are the Helio Drift...; Tags: General, Personal Technology, Google, Chad Hurley, YouTube, YouTube Inc.; Blog posts 2006-12-15

EXCLUSIVE: GooTube domain owner speaks to me, and I'm impressed: Last week, as the "GooTube" moniker began to be applied to Googles acquisition of YouTube, I posted that there actually is a "GooTube." Founded a year ago by Internet marketer Eric Watson, it provides a search engine for glue-related tube type products. Keep in mind that Eric secured the...; Tags: GooTube; Blog posts 2006-10-16
Actually, there already IS a GooTube: Seems like everyone in the blogosphere is mashing up the names of YouTube and their illustrious acquirer Google to be= GooTube.But I wonder how Eric Watson feels about that.I know what you are thinking..cybersquatter who registered the name as soon as the blogger-slang for the YouTube-Google deal hit the...; Tags: GooTube; Blog posts 2006-10-10
Does GooTube mean anything for Rich Internet Applications?: Unless youve been hiding under a rock, or maybe following the big news on that other meme you know that Google has taken the plunge and agreed to buy YouTube for $1.65 billion in stock. The blogosphere has, predictably, gone totally crazy and everyone is talking about what this means...; Tags: Google Inc., video; Blog posts 2006-10-10

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OnHollywood: The future of media, YouTube, .tv and the digital universe: After spending a day at MIX07 in Las Vegas, I landed in Hollywood to attend the AlwaysOn OnHollywood conference. AlwaysOn founder and OnHollywood host set the tone for the event with his opening remarks to the crowd of technology execs and digital media and Hollywood types. "Unless you adopt...; Tags: YouTube, Web Technology, Social networking, Personal Technology, OnHollywood, General; Blog posts 2007-05-01
Could the News Corp/NBC partnership turn out to be a sideshow?: The big news last week was the announcement by News Corp/NBC that they are to combine forces to create an online video platform of their own. The new venture has already signed up all of Googles main rivals as distribution partners (AOL, Microsoft, MySpace and Yahoo), making it seem like...; Tags: News Corp/NBC, partnership; Blog posts 2007-03-26
YouTube's end game nears: Viacoms $1 billion lawsuit against Googles YouTube kicks off what could be the end game for the video sharing site. Viacom filed a complaint in the Southern District of New York that alleges a "massive intentional copyright infringement of Viacoms entertainment properties." Viacom seeks $1 billion...; Tags: game, YouTube Inc., Viacom Inc., lawsuit, Viacoms $1, Google Inc.; Blog posts 2007-03-13
Bigger isn't better with Web streaming performance: Bigger isn't better with Web streaming performanceBeware False Idols...How about asking how long it takes to upload content to GooTube ? Or if any of the measured sites use progressive downloads v streaming ?Or the length of the content (believe me, it matters..)Or, err.. the quality, which is invariably average...; Tags: Corporate communications, Channel management, Web streaming performance, Web; Discussion threads 2007-03-08
News to Know: Adobe Apollo; Ray Ozzie; HP control freaks: Notable headlines:Mary Jo Foley: Reading the Ray Ozzie tea leaves. Microsoft still trying to answer Googles wake-up call. Post Vista, Microsoft reorgs the Windows group. Microsoft shakes up Windows marketing unit.Mitch Ratcliffe: The Great Vista/Mac Showdown: ReadyBoost stands alone. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Closing thoughts on my MacBook Pro Experience.Gallery: Five years...; Tags: General; Blog posts 2007-02-28
News to know: Google Docs Presently; Windows 7: Notable headlines: Google Docs to support Power Point presentations soon. Google prepares "Presently."Dell to cut bonuses, trim management.Gootube Terrorizes Copyright Owners by Withholding Filters.VMware takes virtualization downstreamZero-day #5: Beware of unexpected Excel files. IE 7 gives secure Web sites the greenlight.Connecting the dots on Windows 7. Glitch hampers Vista family...; Tags: General, Google Inc., Windows 7; Blog posts 2007-02-05
YouTube takes a Viacom hit; more blows likely: The underpinnings of YouTubes business model may have taken a hit when Viacom ordered Googles video darling to pull 100,000 of its unauthorized clips. Viacom said in a statement: "It has become clear that YouTube is unwilling...; Tags: General, Web Technology, Hollywood on Demand, Google, YouTube, Viacom Inc., YouTube Inc.; Blog posts 2007-02-02
Universal does YouTube a favor, and sues MySpace: Yesterdays news that Universal Music Group is suing MySpace for copyright infringement signifies the latest round of MySpace vs YouTube - and this time YouTube comes out on top.A quick recap of the fight so far:MySpace blocks access to YouTube videos, only to reinstate them after a user backlash. (Dec...; Tags: YouTube Inc., YouTube, Social Networks, MySpace; Blog posts 2006-11-18
YouTube and copyright, etiquette and law: Columbia law professor Tim Wu has a brilliant essay at Slate entitled Does YouTube Really Have Legal Problems? How the Bell Lobby helped midwife YouTube. I say "brilliant" because Professor Wu goes beyond the hype around YouTube as one of the 'Net's current infringement bogeymen, and emphasizes the fascinating role...; Tags: YouTube Inc., YouTube, Section 512, Tim Wu; Blog posts 2006-10-27
YouTube Wannabes: online video market post GooTube: YouTube Wannabes: online video market post GooTubeSueTubeStill think it's a matter of time for this service to get hit hard by copyright issues.http://one.revver.com/watch/77167/format/flv/affiliate/23672What about video aggregate sitesDon't forget about video aggregate sites like KungFuGRIP.com, VideoBomb.com, and ViralVideoChart.com.More money than senseWill someone please tell me how Youtube makes money? Given...; Tags: Corporate communications, YouTube Inc., Keith Knutsson, Google Inc., video, online video; Discussion threads 2006-10-16
Internet domain snafus: corporate minefields: UPDATE: Fellow ZDNet Bloggers Dan Farber and Russell Shaw report on Google related possible domain snafus:FARBER: Google, please take my gOfficeSHAW: GooTube domain owner speaks to me, and I’m impressedPerhaps Google will take notice, now. DELL took notice of my reports this past Summer on its very blatant domain snafu,...; Tags: Dell Computer Corp., domain, blog; Blog posts 2006-10-16
YouTube Wannabes: online video market post GooTube: Now that YouTube has been acquired for $1.65B by the hottest technology company on the planet, inevitably it will give rise to a whole new generation of online video products. To paraphrase the Eminem song Without Me: "Hey, theres a concept that works! 20 million other YouTubes emerge..." In this...; Tags: online video, video; Blog posts 2006-10-15