Google aquires YouTube

Diae Soulmender · Post by **Diae Soulmender** » October 9, 2006, 7:50 pm

Soon we will no longer refer to the internet as "the internet". Soon we will just call it "Google".

http://www.google.com/press/pressrel/go ... utube.html

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » October 9, 2006, 8:12 pm

I always thought Google owned YouTube so I'm already adjusted to the change.

Funkmasterr · Post by **Funkmasterr** » October 9, 2006, 11:06 pm

Except for Google will be more apt to give in to the requests of the media giants when they say to remove something, not to mention editing what is on the site. That alone will kill youtube.

Arborealus · Post by **Arborealus** » October 9, 2006, 11:18 pm

Or they'll just buy the media giants and honor their own requests...

Midgen · Post by **Midgen** » October 10, 2006, 2:14 am

I'd say that this was a good investment.

Considering that their stock went up today enough to cover the purchase cost at least 4 times over!

miir · Post by **miir** » October 10, 2006, 12:58 pm

Funkmasterr wrote:Except for Google will be more apt to give in to the requests of the media giants when they say to remove something, not to mention editing what is on the site. That alone will kill youtube.

Youtube is already quite active in removing copyright material from their site.

The posting of illegal and/or copyright infringing material is not what drives youtube. So even if google is more active in removing offending material, it won't have a noticeable impact.

Leonaerd · Post by **Leonaerd** » October 10, 2006, 1:04 pm

Everything Google touches turns into gold. I'm excited.

Funkmasterr · Post by **Funkmasterr** » October 10, 2006, 1:22 pm

miir wrote:
Funkmasterr wrote:Except for Google will be more apt to give in to the requests of the media giants when they say to remove something, not to mention editing what is on the site. That alone will kill youtube.
Youtube is already quite active in removing copyright material from their site.

The posting of illegal and/or copyright infringing material is not what drives youtube. So even if google is more active in removing offending material, it won't have a noticeable impact.

Seems to me like that is exactly what runs YouTube. Everytime I have a link sent to me from someone to look at something there its of a movie trailer/interview or something else that probably shouldn't legally be there.

Jarori Bloodletter · Post by **Jarori Bloodletter** » October 10, 2006, 3:58 pm

Diae Soulmender wrote:Soon we will no longer refer to the internet as "the internet". Soon we will just call it "Google".

http://www.google.com/press/pressrel/go ... utube.html

OMG hes alive~

Soreali · Post by **Soreali** » October 10, 2006, 7:12 pm

Google is the new TrapperKepper(tm)

Siji · Post by **Siji** » October 11, 2006, 10:55 am

Google is the new Members Only(tm)

Zaelath · Post by **Zaelath** » October 11, 2006, 11:03 am

Funkmasterr wrote:
miir wrote:
Funkmasterr wrote:Except for Google will be more apt to give in to the requests of the media giants when they say to remove something, not to mention editing what is on the site. That alone will kill youtube.
Youtube is already quite active in removing copyright material from their site.

The posting of illegal and/or copyright infringing material is not what drives youtube. So even if google is more active in removing offending material, it won't have a noticeable impact.
Seems to me like that is exactly what runs YouTube. Everytime I have a link sent to me from someone to look at something there its of a movie trailer/interview or something else that probably shouldn't legally be there.

I think YouTube, and Google for that matter, come under the loophole that protects ISPs from being sued because their customers decide to put up a web page with copyright/pedophilic/terrorist content.

We'll see how long that will last now that there's someone who actually has money to be sued on the board.

Kwonryu DragonFist · Post by **Kwonryu DragonFist** » October 11, 2006, 8:44 pm

So whatcha doin'?

I'm surfin' "The Google".

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