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YouTube -- The Flickr of Video?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the baby-stepping-towards-something-cool dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A new folksonomy website that seems to be catching on is YouTube, a service similar to Flickr, except that it is for sharing and hosting short video clips instead of photos. Like Flickr, its core functionality is implemented in Flash. Videos can be tagged, searched, discussed, etc through a social network. YouTube has developer APIs, RSS feeds, and the ability to embed videos directly into other web pages. The website was recently profiled on TechCrunch as an up-and-coming Web 2.0 application."

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  1. Would osmeone please be kind enough to explain... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Would someone please be kind enough to explain how this site can be profitable or even break even for that matter. The bandwidth costs of a video site will NOT be offset by advertising revenue. I can't even believe that Flickr pays for itself through advertising.

    Anyone that can offer real insight, and not the usual Slashdot-know-it-all-speak, would be greatly appreciated.

  2. Flickr doesn't use flash by aldeng · · Score: 2, Interesting

    They switched over to DHTML a while back after people comlained.

  3. Watch the Terms of Use for copyright ! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting
    Watch the Terms of Use:
    http://www.youtube.com/terms.php
    Under section 4, it says:

    The content on the YouTube Website, including without limitation the text, software, graphics, photos, and videos ("Content"), is owned by or licensed to YouTube, subject to copyright and other intellectual property rights under United States Copyright Act, foreign laws, and international conventions. YouTube reserves all rights not expressly granted in and to the Website and the Content. Other than as expressly permitted, you may not engage in the unauthorized use, copying, or distribution of any of the Content. If you download or print a copy of the Content for personal use, you must retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained therein. You may not otherwise reproduce, display, publicly perform, or distribute the Content in any way for any public or commercial purpose.

    Do you think this is fair ?