YouTube corporate makeover
p2pnet.net News:- YouTube seems set to become even more firmly TheirTube.
It wants “every music video ever created” online, and soon, and with that in mind, it’s talking with record labels, “to post thousands of music videos online, aiming to move beyond being a site for sharing home videos to a provider of mainstream entertainment like Yahoo and others,” says Reuters.
The story has co-founder Steve Chen saying YouTube intends to, “differentiate itself from pay-to-view or download services like Apple Computer Inc.’s iTunes and Time Warner Inc.’s AOL Music, or others like Yahoo Inc.’s Yahoo Music, which is supported by an advertising revenue share model with record labels”.
The idea is to integrate Big Four Organized Music videos into YouTube community features, “allowing users to add the videos to their own profiles and post reviews like on Amazon.com and RealNetworks’ Rhapsody,” says Reuters, adding:
“Its business model is being developed in tandem with all the major record labels, YouTube said, but did not give any names. Warner Music Group Corp. and EMI confirmed to Reuters that they have been in discussions with YouTube.”
YouTube has been identified by the corporate entertainment cartels as a Must Dominate site with EMI and NBC leading the way.
It’s also being sued by Los Angeles News Service and owner operator Robert Tur for allegedly, “allowing its users to upload copyrighted video footage,” including the beating of trucker Reginald Denny during the 1992 riots.
Also See:
Reuters - Real to plug Windows media support into Linux, August 15, 2006
leading the way - NBC buys into YouTube, June 28, 2006
copyrighted video footage - YouTube sued over Denny flic, July 18, 2006
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August 21st, 2006 at 8:12 am
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