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- inactive, on 11/08/2007, -1/+19One of my copyrighted videos have been uploaded without my written consent. I will wait until this site becomes a big profit maker, and then, I will sue.
- jizzimmy, on 10/12/2007, -2/+17Not with that interface!
- chapel, on 10/12/2007, -4/+18Well the only issue I see is that any material that is under copyright cannot be posted, and alot of people post things they arent legally entitled to. So down the road that could lead to alot of trouble. Hope they realize that.
- carguy84, on 10/12/2007, -3/+15Not with that name!
- gumpy5, on 10/12/2007, -4/+14I can see this getting really popular here, assuming it works as they say it does.
From what they're promoting, it seems that making it to the front page with this could get you something like $20. - interiot, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9I hear that as long as you place your own logo over the content, it's perfectly legal to make a profit off other people's work without their permission... *cough* ebaum's *cough*
- handeyman, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9this is spam, I now hate this site, cus the creators are spammers
- Anomaly427, on 10/12/2007, -4/+12Dudes... and that makes it OK how, exactly?
Signing up just to Digg it is really lame. - modularsky, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10spam, albeit somewhat well executed.
- interiot, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Glossary#Meat_puppet
- postaboy, on 10/12/2007, -5/+12Who dugg this?
About 30 bots all 1st time users in the beginning. Check the 'who dugg this' tab. No digg, story marked as spam. - howiloved, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9a disaster waiting to happen! i can see tons of videos being downloaded right now off of google video and uploaded here.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -6/+12http://www.eefoof.com/image/254
- MrCodeDude, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6While the idea may have good intentions, you're going to need to put some strict guidelines on submissions. Making sure they are 100% property of the poster, because I can imagine a lot of people stealing popular submissions on Google Video and YouTube for the sake of profiting.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8Here's the business model for this site:
1) Give users the ability to upload files.
2) Call it "Youtube Killer".
3) Spam it on Digg with multiple user names.
4) ????
5) Profit!!!
Who ever said Web2.0 sites have no business models? - djoek, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8revver.com?
- abuser, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Yeah these guys will get sued right away if they engage in reselling (and they quickly will, unless they have gazillion of employees making sure where each video comes from) stolen content.
And what would prevent YouTube to "duplicate" this "idea" by simply adding ten lines of PayPal or whatever shopping card/checkout code?
Lame and half-baked idea. - cleverboy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5MASSIVE LIABILITY. Yes. This is a well intentioned, but entirely crazy idea. Also, copyright issues aside, provided that people don't routinely push the limit of what they say is there's simply to get advertising dollars until the site is asked to remove it... another entirely credible problem is this... BANDWIDTH &equipment cost. Really... when did YouTube become profitable that a similarly modelled business can afford to give half of the advertising dollars to the users.
- ocram, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4http://www.forbes.com/home/intelligentinfrastructure/2006/04/27/video-youtube-myspace_cx_df_0428video.html
- jayvan913, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Notice: We're currently being dugg and slashdotted (at the same time) -- bear with us
I bet YouTube feels threatened. - doctornkul, on 10/12/2007, -4/+8Exactly. Youtube is currently LOSING a million dollars a month as it is, without sharing anything. How will this site, with much fewer resources be any better?
- Califax, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7It sounds like a great idea, but how do they plan to make money as we have all seen how much it cost to run youtube
- Hootyea, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Isn't it ironic that they have the "It's Peanut Butter Jelly Time" guy? I've heard the guy who made that flash is pretty millitant in not letting people host his stuff.
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Youtube killer?? cant really stand up to its own traffic - hasanahmad, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4lol youtube killer. diggers here are hilarious hyping everything popular to go down. it cant even handle 300 diggs how can it handle 30 million users a day
- smoothmedia, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Great idea. Unfunny Truth about Scientology UPLOADED :D
- MichelKuik, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4so you're the maker of the site submitting this news story?
- domr, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Aside from the fact this is spam...
The concept simply won't work. The core audience will be people uploading videos, not people who want to watch them. Advertisers will make little revenue from users and soon abandon the site. And the bandwidth costs of running a large video site will make it almost impossible to make a profit.
As it is, it's unlikely YouTube will be around in its current form much longer (without being bought out and having their business model completely overhauled) because of the rate they're burning money. A new video site with added revenue sharing costs doesn't stand a chance. - gookie, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Digg should implement something like this.
Or users should impose Digg to implement this. - Ashex, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4There's only one slight problem with this "youTube Killer".
Any website you look at that has become popular due to being useful or just plain cool, has a name that can actually be pronounced without consulting a linguist. - MattPF, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Actually I've been surprised at how well the adsense content reflects the media content. You'd be surprised at what Google can cook up.
- munkt0n, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4serif or sans? make a decision and stick to it.
eefoof can eff off. ;) - EndofEternity, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3@ doctornkul
Could you point me to some links about Youtubes.com's financial health. Not saying you are wrong, just it would be interesting to find out a bit more on this issue. - chapel, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3To be totally honest, this is just someones attempt at making money using the rush of the social web. I'm sure they have every intention of paying the people that submit content, but the specifics are left unknown and much to be desired. You have to realize as well, that site has no obligation to anyone that posts content, because once they are hosting it, all proceeds from advertising are there's. The user who submitted said content gave up his/her rights for any royalties or money when they posted it on the site. Now the site explicitly says they don't control the content, and that users can post their content anywhere they choose outside of the site, but if you were trying to make money from something you made, why would you compete with yourself by posting it on another site that is going to be more popular?
I like the concept, but its one of those, surf and make money, click ads and make money, watch porn and make money schemes. The only person making money is the person who runs the site and signed up with the advertisers. Good luck, to anyone that wishes to partake. - fillup07, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@madmax
haha, keep us updated on how much you actually make.
I don't understand how these guys think they can be profitable when YouTube itself is losing tons of money every month, yet to get out of the red. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Umm, why exactly are you guys blasting this site but seem to be just fine with YouTube?
- bvllets, on 11/08/2007, -0/+1SO IT SEEMS THIS SITE REALLY MADE IT HUGE
- ComradeFlynn, on 10/12/2007, -4/+5That would be me. This site came about because I was tired of seeing sites (Ebaums) rip off and make a fortune off of my movie and the movies of others without a penny going to the artists. Hopefully I can change that flawed method of running a site.
- infra172, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4This is so getting sued.
- domr, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Looking at the site, it's almost exclusively copyrighted material already. Sigh.
- MacGyver, on 10/12/2007, -4/+5Then why not say that on your site instead of promising huge profits for people that you can't deliver on?
- J3bu, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2site is down, again!
- valkyries, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2isnt it almost a million dollars a month for youtube to cover the bandwidth costs?
- chuck.kahn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Google Video already allows payment for uploaded videos. What makes eefoof different is they allow uploading of flash animations (at flash quality, not converted to 320x240 video quality.)
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Excellent point.
- smoothmedia, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3How to defeat Youtube:
Step 1: Be able to have a few hundred people visit the site simultaneously. - valkyries, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2
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wow and how long has this site beeb around? - invader, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4pretty good idea.. i'll have to upload a couple things and see if i can catch part of the initial wave, if it takes off..
- whoaminow, on 12/08/2007, -0/+1I don't think they have to spam it with multiple user names. 400+ user names?
- mvent2, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2And here comes the spam...
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