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YouTube scoops top invention award
YouTube beat out a vaccine that prevents a cancer-causing sexually transmitted disease and a shirt that simulates a hug to grab top honors as Time magazine's "Invention of the Year for 2006".
Time magazine, owned by media conglomerate Time Warner Inc., wrote in an article that YouTube's scale and sudden popularity have changed the rules about how information.
...only YouTube created a new way for millions of people to entertain, educate, shock, rock and grok one another on a scale we've never seen before. That's why it's Time's Invention...
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Utube.com deluged with YouTube seekers
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Site owned by supplier of used pipes has been overrun this week by visitors confusing it with the video service.
Utube.com, a Web site owned by a supplier of used tubes and pipes, has been swamped this week with visitors confusing it with online video service YouTube.
The site has been barely operational since Google said Monday that it will buy YouTube for $1.65 billion.
"I'm at a point now, all I want to do is to make the site work," Ralph Girkins, owner of the site belonging to Universal...
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Google faces copyright fight over YouTube
Dick Parsons, the chairman and chief executive of Time Warner, fired a shot across the bows of Google, saying his group would pursue its copyright complaints against YouTube.
Mr Parsons told the Guardian: "You can assume we're in negotiations with YouTube and that those negotiations will be kicked up to the Google level in the hope that we can get to some acceptable position."
He denied the decision to pursue any potential infringement had been prompted by this week's acquisition. Google, whose core search function attracted 204 million...
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With YouTube, Student Hits Jackpot Again
or Jawed Karim, the $100,000 or so he would have to spend on a master’s degree at Stanford was never daunting. He hit an Internet jackpot in 2002 when PayPal, the online payment company he had joined early on, was bought by eBay.
On Monday, still early in his studies for the fall term, he got lucky again. This time he may have hit the Internet equivalent of the multistate PowerBall.
Mr. Karim is the third of the three founders of the video site YouTube, which Google has agreed to buy for $1.65 billion. He was present at YouTube’s...
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Does YouTube Make Google a Big Target For Copyright Suits?
Google's $1.65 billion purchase of video-sharing site YouTube catapults the search giant into the lead spot in the fast-growing online video market. It also creates a big, deep-pocketed target for aggrieved copyright owners.
While much of the content on YouTube consists of home-shot video, the site also contains copyright material that users upload without permission. Critics say Google could be exposing itself to liability for copyright violations. YouTube already faces one lawsuit related to this issue.
YouTube says it removes any...
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Ignored by YouTube, MySpace Seeks Compensation From Google
The YouTube acquisition broadens the horizon somewhat for Google in its relationship with sites like News Corp.'s MySpace. In fact, Google CEO Eric Schmidt and vice president of ad sales Tim Armstrong are set to meet with News Corp. executives this week to discuss new ways of working together. Fox Interactive President Ross Levinsohn confirmed the visit, saying: "If we can figure out the ways to work with them or integrate with them, that could be really good for us."
Google only just reached a landmark search agreement with the News Corp....
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Yahoo Feels Breath on Neck
As Google whips out its fat wallet to buy the video site YouTube, it is making Yahoo look even more out of step with the fast-changing Internet advertising market.
Yahoo itself tried to buy YouTube just a few weeks ago and got as close as negotiating price and terms, according to an executive briefed on the discussions. But the talks broke down, and Google swooped in and closed the deal quickly, just as it has in several recent partnership negotiations. Indeed, many Internet executives are noting just how often Yahoo appears to be late and...
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Mark Cuban: "I Still Think Google is Crazy"
From the Mark Cuban's Blog:
Kudos to Youtube for getting them to say yes. My advice to you is to always protect your downside. Ignore all the scammers who want your money, and dont listen to all the tax scammers who want to save you money on taxes. Writing that check is painful, but its the right thing to do. That aside..
It will be interesting to see what happens next and what happens in the copyright world. I still think Google Lawyers will be a busy, busy bunch. I dont think you can sue Google into oblivion, but as others have...
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U.S. tech stocks climb on Google's YouTube deal
Google shares rose to their highest in more than five months ahead of the Internet search company's announcement after the closing bell that it would pay $1.65 billion in stock for YouTube.
While shares of the acquiring company usually drop following a takeover announcement, Google stock's rose in extended trading, suggesting investors believe the deal is attractive.
"This is a very good move for Google strategically as it opens to them the possibility to grow in one Internet area where they were not very big -- that is, video," said...
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