hosted.ap.org— Chad Hurley, co-founder of YouTube, said Saturday that the wildly successful site will start sharing revenue with its millions of users.
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"felt revenue-sharing would build a community of users motivated by making money, rather than their love of videos. But that as the site has grown, the three, who continue to run the company, have come to see financial remuneration as a way of improving content."So what they're saying is that free enterprise works? Wow, go figure!
man that sucks, too bad they deleted my account for no reason a while back, I guess they didn't like all my really popular lockpicking videos so they up and deleted everything with no reason why
I think both the 0% revenue issue and the copyright issue might both be included in their strategy - it shifts the focus to sharing revenue on original content (instead of copyrighted stuff). So it could be a smart way for them to get people away from copyrighted materials and into producing a unique, and legally incontestable, revenue stream.
Closed AccountJan 27, 2007
this will make ego maniacs like Renetto head to swell much larger
armyvetJan 27, 2007
"felt revenue-sharing would build a community of users motivated by making money, rather than their love of videos. But that as the site has grown, the three, who continue to run the company, have come to see financial remuneration as a way of improving content."So what they're saying is that free enterprise works? Wow, go figure!
dmuxJan 28, 2007
man that sucks, too bad they deleted my account for no reason a while back, I guess they didn't like all my really popular lockpicking videos so they up and deleted everything with no reason why
bizchrisJan 28, 2007
I think both the 0% revenue issue and the copyright issue might both be included in their strategy - it shifts the focus to sharing revenue on original content (instead of copyrighted stuff). So it could be a smart way for them to get people away from copyrighted materials and into producing a unique, and legally incontestable, revenue stream.
boredwealthJan 28, 2007
This is the wave of the future. Users should be paid a share of the ad revenues. That's the idea behind my site: <a class="user" href="http://www.boredwealth.com/">http://www.boredwealth.com/</a>
scottytoodopeJan 28, 2007
*patiently awaiting my check for 1.65 billion
parthanantJan 29, 2007
It is an old idea. Covered back in 2006<a class="user" href="http://mediavidea.blogspot.com/2006/10/google-youtube-deal-ultimate-roundup.html">http://mediavidea.blogspot.com/2006/10/google-youtube-deal-ultimate-roundup.html</a>It si to be seen when they actually start payinh out.