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Google and YouTube Continue To Struggle With Details

Posted by Zonk on from the everyone-has-got-to-be-your-best-friend dept.

An SFGate article looks at the still rocky road that Google and YouTube are traveling as they try to iron out after-merger details. Hanging in the air are things like the Viacom takedown request, competition from Joost, and deal-making with organizations like the NBA and BBC. They're also concerned about little things like, you know, making money. From the article: "Tensions [with IP holders] haven't reached lawsuit status -- yet. Such a fight could be long and costly, but with Google's backing, YouTube could afford it. And that may be why media companies have held back so far, [IP lawyer Lee] Bromberg and others said. Google and YouTube have something to gain from deal-making, too. For the company to make money from advertising -- and the potential is huge, with an estimated $70 billion to $80 billion spent in television advertising -- Google and YouTube need the premium videos. Because viewers are more likely to watch these clips than myriad user-generated ones, advertisers are willing to pay more for them. "

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  1. Re:Let us Hope for Lawsuits not Peace in this Case by Jessta · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I like how some how the generation after GenX became GenY. GenX was so because it was the 10th generation so GenY makes no sense.

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  2. Re:Let us Hope for Lawsuits not Peace in this Case by will_die · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Gen X is not based on number, it was named by some author to designate the people after the Baby Boomers and Generation Jones.
    IIRC,
    Gen X designated thoses people who grew up under the Baby Boomers and a sterotype of a lack(ed) a foundation of belief in the values of the past along with a poor outlook on what the future brings.
    Gen Y designs thoses who came after Gen X and stood for _Generation Why?_ and marked the end of the Baby Boomers or the start of the future with them growing up with computers and other digital items being all around them since birth.
    Both designations came from famous books or articles and then caught on with the people who write about this stuff.

  3. Re:Let us Hope for Lawsuits not Peace in this Case by Jessta · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I stand corrected.
    thanks.

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