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Google Launches Pay-Per-View Web Video

Posted by Hemos on from the yes-it-is-true dept.

Elliot Shepherd writes "According to John Batelle, on Monday Google is launching in-browser video playback based on VLC. Google has been accepting video uploads in April, including allowing the video owner to specify that payment is required, through the Google Payment Program." Update: 06/27 22:21 GMT by T : An anonymous reader writes "Google Video is now up. The about page describes what kinds of content has been uploaded to their servers so far -- mostly a random assortment of stuff from Gamespot's archives, a few things from Greenpeace, a Google recruiting video, some breakdancing videos, and other randomness. The in-browser video plugin works seamlessly (although Windows only for now). Looks like it has potential." Check the top entry on Google Blog for a few more words on it, too.

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  1. Is google trying to be all things to all people by Ckwop · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Is google trying to be all things to all people? We've had this, the paypal clone, the rumored gbrowser etc.

    I'm not saying you can't diversify your core business but if you try too many projects at once you risk being a jack of all trades but a master of none.

    I'm starting to feel a hint of worry about the direction of Google.

    Simon.

  2. Gargoyles? by Lord_Dweomer · · Score: 0, Redundant
    Anybody else read this and immediately think of the Gargoyle's from Snowcrash?

    Depending on the prices people are willing to pay, and the amount of protection involved to prevent your "proprietary clips" from being leaked out to free websites, this could really help usher in some real leaps in portable video recording technology as people start to become "gargoyles".

    What I'd really like to get my hands on is a system that is constantly recording to one drive, but overwrites after say....10 minutes, or 5 minutes, and then I have a button that lets me save the past amount of time to a second drive if I decide content was valuable enough to save permanently. It could have a wifi setup as well and a wearable interface as well so not only could I edit my content on the go, but I could also upload it right away to Google's service and start making money.

    Does anybody know if any such thing exists?

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