Stories about growth in Asia tend to involve China – it’s hard to ignore 1.3 billion potential users. But there are other countries in the region, and in one of them – Singapore – Hitwise’s Sandra Hanchard has recorded some impressive growth.
YouTube: Broadcast Your Porn
You may have noticed a newer feature on YouTube, right at the top of the homepage, called "Videos being watched right now…." If you were checking out that feature around 11:00 this morning, you would have noticed people were watching porn.
Google News Now Featuring YouTube Videos
Two months ago, we reported that some people had seen video clips appear on Google News. Not us, mind you – a sort of regional test may have been taking place – but some people. Now we’ve seen one for ourselves, and the clip came straight from YouTube.
Is Google’s YouTube Antipiracy Tool Enough?
Google has finally unveiled their copyright protection system for YouTube. The reactions have been mixed.
YouTube Finally Gains Anti-Piracy Tool
Google has faced a lengthy stream of complaints and a lawsuit from Viacom over the continued uploading of copyrighted videos by YouTube users. The debut of their long-awaited content ID tool could help its relationship with Hollywood.
YouTube Now On Google Earth
Google Earth has added a new feature that allows YouTube videos to be embedded at geographical locations. Users can now view videos of famous tourist attractions or other places they may want to visit.
YouTube Videos Premiere On AdSense
Google added another revenue opportunity for AdSense publishers, with the debut of video units and their connected relevant advertising.
YouTube
Google-owned YouTube has the following notice on their upload page:
Do not upload any TV shows, music videos, music concerts, or commercials without permission unless they consist entirely of content you created yourself. Please refer to our Copyright Tips page for some guidelines and links to help you determine whether your video infringes someone else’s copyright.
Jeff Atwood comments:
YouTube’s Copyright Problem
YouTube has become extremely popular but still has plenty of issues with copyright infringement.
UC Berkeley Tightens Ties With YouTube
In September of 2006, UC Berkeley became the first university to have its own page on the Google Video site. Now, a little over a year has passed, and the college is becoming the first to release videos of entire course lectures through YouTube.