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Sony Takes on YouTube with Video-Sharing Site

Posted by Zonk on from the because-when-i-think-sony-i-think-wacky-video-clips dept.

thefickler writes "According to Reuters, Sony has announced that it will launch a video-sharing site in Japan as part of its 'quiet software revolution'. Speaking at a press conference in Tokyo, Sony CEO Howard Stringer said that the new site will be 'an opportunity to transmit user-generated video anywhere you want to, anytime to anybody, in a protected environment.' The new site, which will be called eyeVio, will be first launched in Japan, although Sony hopes to also launch it overseas should the Japanese version prove a success. It will be free to users, and the idea is that Sony will eventually generate revenue through advertising."

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  1. Viva la? by Manos_Of_Fate · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "This is part of Sony's quiet software revolution," CEO Howard Stringer said at a news conference.
    Revolution? Since when did jumping on the internet bandwagon constitute a revolution? Not to mention that anything that involves a press release isn't really that quiet...
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  2. "protected environment"? by v1 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    translation: "... with DRM up the wazoo"

    (collary: "viewable only with windows vista")

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  3. Hardly a surprise (not-invented-here-syndrome) by Lead+Butthead · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Looking at the history of Sony products, it has never been a big fan of interoperability as evident by Beta, Memory Stick, UMD, BlueRay, etc. Is it any surprise it's going do its own thing AGAIN?

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  4. Re:So by Hennell · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Its better for them because Google doesn't make money off of it, Sony does. Of course the advantage to the user is less obvious. That side of things seems to get mysteriously lost when companies plan these things, once they know how their money is coming they are happy. Some companies seem to think just because they have something new with x and y feature people will flock to it.
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