The Electronic Frontier Foundation has asked a federal court to protect the free speech rights of an animal rights group after its video critiques of animal treatment at rodeos were removed from YouTube because of false copyright claims.The group Showing Animals Respect and Kindness (SHARK) is a non-profit that videotapes rodeos in order to expose animal abuse. SHARK posted two dozen videos to YouTube to illustrate animal mistreatment.
Content Creators Showing Ads On YouTube
At the annual shareholder meeting a month ago, Google promised new YouTube ad formats that would be neither pre-roll or post-roll.
YouTube, Disney, Top Video Sites For Kids
Initially, it’s nice to think that kids and teens watching more online video at home than adults is because, with work and responsibilities and all that, adults just don’t have that kind of time. But considering adults watch most of their online video at work, that half-hour less they spend at home watching belies that conventional wisdom.
Waiting To Litigate: Viacom, Google, And YouTube
The ongoing dispute between Viacom and Google over the posting of copyrighted content on YouTube appears destined for the courtroom rather than the settlement table.
YouTube Allows Content Creators To Dabble In Ad Sales
It looks like another one of YouTube’s "best products" (as defined by Eric Schmidt) is arriving; certain professional content creators should soon have the option of selling ads on their own channels.
Learn To Put YouTube Videos On Your TypePad Blog
If you have a TypePad blog and want to add/embed a YouTube video into a post, you’re going to have to do a bit of under-the-hood work. Don’t worry! It’s not as tough as it sounds. Here’s the step-by-step process of embedding a YouTube video into a TypePad blog, even if the YouTube video is too wide.
Google, Viacom Spar Over YouTube Again
New filings provided to the court in their billion dollar dispute over YouTube show Google calling Viacom a hazard to how the Internet works.
Senator Asks YouTube To Remove Terrorist Clips
In an open letter sent earlier today to Eric Schmidt, Senator Joe Lieberman brought up the issue of terrorist-produced videos appearing on YouTube. On the YouTube Blog, corporate representatives have now responded.
YouTube Receives Demographic Stats
Hot on the heels of yesterday’s “buzz targeting” advertising announcement from YouTube, the video hosting service has another feature announcement. Back in March, YouTube began offering free stats to video owners about the popularity of their videos.
YouTube’s New Ad Program
Monday we mentioned that Google was pondering new ways to monetize YouTube videos.