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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. Does it have... by Starteck81 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...any videos of a lithium ion laptop batteries catching on fire?

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  2. 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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    1. Re:Viva la? by Wandering+Wombat · · Score: 5, Funny

      That's the NEW definition of "revolution". Now since "revolution" means "going around and coming back", the bandwagon must be on a sort of a loop, and after the fifth or sixth pass, Sony decided to hop on. By now, though, YouTube's made friends with everybody on the wagon, and Sony's just taking up a lot of space.

      The next revolution... Sony decides to create dedicated software to let you talk to other people instantaneously, just by typing words into a computer!

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    2. Re:Viva la? by FlyingSquidStudios · · Score: 5, Funny

      The Revolution Will Not Be Televised! (Because it's in a Sony proprietary format)

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  3. The requirements include... by redwoodtree · · Score: 4, Funny

    You can only watch it on Sony Playstation 3 with 60 GB harddrive, or a PSP with the latest update, but it will check to make sure you're not running homebrew and , you have to provide your credit card number so if you ever watch anything copyrighted they can charge you the fee for the holder of the copyright.

    Oh, and you better be ready to provide your SSN because they need to be able to send you to collections if your credit card doesn't go through . . . and, some videos may have viruses, but don't worry about, videos can't have viruses.

    To upload, you need to buy a special upload program that only works with Vista!!

    I'm so excited about this.

    Oh, and ninteno sucks.

    Out.

  4. "protected environment"? by v1 · · Score: 4, Insightful

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

    (collary: "viewable only with windows vista")

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  5. The race will soon be on... by Stanistani · · Score: 4, Funny

    First Slashdotter to upload a clip of Google's proprietary content to this site wins...

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  6. 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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  7. 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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