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Google's YouTube policy for Android users is copyright extre...

The news that Android users who have jailbroken their phones will be denied access to the new commercial YouTube pay-per-view service is as neat an example of copyright extremism as you could hope for. Android, of course, is Google&# [...]

Posted On : Jun, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

Is Google taking the ‘you’ out of YouTube?

In September 2006, college student Philip DeFranco set up a YouTube channel to share his thoughts on news and show-business. Five years on, the Philip DeFranco Show has more than 1.5m subscribers and costs, by his own estimate, $25,000 a [...]

Posted On : May, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

Google Video shuts down, YouTube preferred

Google tried manhandling the online video industry with the hopes of competing with YouTube when it created Google Video in January 2005; the product quickly became a minor contender when it couldn't compete with the global giant. Ho [...]

Posted On : Apr, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Google seen bolstering YouTube content

The Wall Street Journal reported that Google’s /quotes/comstock/15*!goog/quotes/nls/goog (GOOG 573.99, -0.19, -0.03%) continued efforts to develop YouTube — which the Internet giant acquired at a considerabl [...]

Posted On : Apr, 07 2011 | Comments : 0

UPDATE: Google's YouTube Buys Video Enhancing Technology Sta...

Google Inc.'s (GOOG) YouTube said Tuesday it has acquired digital video technology maker Green Parrot Pictures for an undisclosed amount. The Irish startup's technology will enable YouTube to improve the quality of jerky, blurry [...]

Posted On : Mar, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

Google to Pay $1000 to 500 YouTube Partners

I'm sure you must have heard of Google's YouTube Partner program, where you can become a partner and earn revenue for your videos (provided they are good). Apparently it is doing very well as they have over 15,000 partners worldw [...]

Posted On : Dec, 24 2010 | Comments : 0

Google's FeedBurner, YouTube buys could hint at Groupon road...

The last time Google Inc. bought a local startup, the seller stayed virtually intact and in Chicago, from the executive suite on down to the rank and file. The acquired company was FeedBurner Inc., an RSS feed service with fewer than thr [...]

Posted On : Dec, 01 2010 | Comments : 0

Google pays French royalties on YouTube clips

It is certainly a bit baffling how the content cops chase after file-sharers willy-nilly while the biggest - and indeed most most commercial - video-based site on the whole Interwibble operates largely unhindered. But in a new deal thras [...]

Posted On : Nov, 26 2010 | Comments : 0

Google Woos Mirimax For YouTube Offerings

In a bid to attract more advertising and turn profits with YouTube, online search giant Google has been gradually adding professional content to the video hosting site it purchased four years ago for more than 1.5 billion dollars. G [...]

Posted On : Nov, 24 2010 | Comments : 0

Google Prevails in YouTube Copyright Case in Spain

A Spanish court dismissed a copyright-infringement lawsuit against YouTube. YouTube – Google – Copyright – Law – Intellectual Property Google Prevails in YouTube Copyright Case in Spain A Spanish court dismissed a [...]

Posted On : Sep, 26 2010 | Comments : 0

Google and YouTube on striking deals

Google and YouTube are in the midst of hiring two executive teams to bolster YouTube’s premium content.The team is focused on making deals with television networks and movie studios to make YouTube an online destination for Hollywo [...]

Posted On : Sep, 18 2010 | Comments : 0

Google, YouTube aim at Facebook

Google Inc. is looking to add social networking to more of its core elements, ramping up its rivalry with Facebook Inc., according to a report Wednesday. Google is holding meetings this week in Paradise Valley. The Wall Street Journal re [...]

Posted On : Sep, 16 2010 | Comments : 0

Google, YouTube to the rescue at Mumbai port

It took emergency officials over five hours to figure out that the mysterious gas leaking from a container at Mumbai Port Trust early on Wednesday was chlorine. But they had had no training on tackling the leak. So they did the next best [...]

Posted On : Jul, 16 2010 | Comments : 0

YouTube is hacked - Google rush to fix flaw

Google has rushed to fix a weakness at YouTube that allowed hackers to add inauthentic pop-up messages as well as redirect users to other websites. Code added in the comments of YouTube videos would be triggered when people watched the v [...]