Reports – French Broadcaster Sues YouTube for 100 Million
Numerous reports are surfacing about new litigation against popular video sharing site YouTube. It appears that French broadcaster TF1 is suing the major video sharing site for 100 million euros.
The reports surfaced on Reuters and moved to other major outlets like The Hollywood Reporter and Variety.
The initial reports say that TF1 is Frances largest [...]
ZeroPaid Interviews Russell McOrmond – Part 2 of 3
In part 1 of the three part interview with Russell McOrmond, there was discussion on topics such as ISP liability, privacy, and Michael Geist. Part 2 continues with a number of broad topics.
(Authors note: This portion of the interview took place on February 22nd.)
Part 1 of this interview available here.
Part 3 of this interview [...]
Legal troubles mount for YouTube
The widespread legal challenges that some experts have long predicted would dog Google’s YouTube appear to have arrived.
On Friday, the Football Association Premier League, England’s most prestigious soccer organization, filed suit in New York against the massively popular video-sharing site, accusing it of enabling users to violate copyright law. On the same day, in California, [...]
Sony’s ‘YouTube killer’ to debut tomorrow
Wants to gauge eyeVio’s reception in Japan first before it launches overseas.
Sensing an opportunity in the bustling world of online video distribution, Sony is scheduled to it try out its new “YouTube killer” tomorrow that will also allow users to upload and distribute their own videos.
“This is part of Sony’s quiet software revolution,” [...]
Peering into Video’s Future
The Internet is about to drown in digital video. Hui Zhang thinks peer-to-peer networks could come to the rescue.
Ted Stevens, the 83-year-old senior senator from Alaska, was widely ridiculed last year for a speech in which he described the Internet as "a series of tubes." Yet clumsy as his metaphor may have been, [...]
Viacom gets “JOOST” up P2P style
In a slap to the face of YouTube, Viacom said it plans to soon deliver free films and television shows through Joost, the global on-demand broadband television service from the creators of KaZaA and Skype.
After failing to reach a deal with YouTube, Viacom found a partner that was more than eager to satisfy its [...]
Shunning YouTube, Viacom hooks up with Joost
Viacom has announced a deal with Joost that will see the new P2P-based video start-up "broadcasting" Viacom’s music videos, TV shows and other materials on the service.
Viacom will provide Joost with content not only from MTV, but also from BET, Comedy Central, and even movies from Paramount. The news comes [...]
20,000 YouTube music videos at your fingertips
20,000 YouTube music videos at your fingertips
UPDATE: The site is no longer online, we suggest you check out Video DownloadHelper. Video DownloadHelper is a FireFox plugin that allows you to download videos from YouTube and save them to your computer.
Click and play 20,000 music videos scraped from YouTube and embedded on one site for some [...]
Google Now the #2 Most Visited Website in the World
2006 appears to be a banner year for Google. It purchased the highly popular YouTube online video site in early October and saw its stock price dance with the $500 mark in November. Now according to ComScore Networks Inc., Google Inc. has slightly edged in front of Yahoo! Inc. to become the second most visited [...]
