Federal Officials and YouTube Nearing a Deal

GovTechGuy writes "The federal government is on the verge of reaching an agreement with YouTube that would allow agencies to make official use of the popular video-sharing service. A coalition of federal agencies led by the General Service Administration's Office of Citizen Services has been negotiating with Google, YouTube's parent company, since summer 2008 on new terms that would allow agencies to establish their own channels on the site. Agencies have not been [allowed] to post videos to YouTube (although many already have) because under the current terms of service, people who post content are subject to their state's libel laws. Federal agencies must adhere to federal law. On Tuesday, government officials said the negotiations were 'very close' to being completed."

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Oh joy

[rockNme2349]

Wait, you mean it will be like C-Span, but whenever i want? I don't know if youtube has the bandwidth.

Not Engrish

[fm6]

Agencies have not been able to post videos to YouTube (although many already have) because, under the current terms of service, people who post content is subject to their state's liable laws.

I notice this story has already been tagged "Engrish". But the submitter's issue is not so much poor ESL (I think he might even be a native speaker!) as poor self expression. They can't but they already have? What do the "liable laws" have to do with this?

You know, since the editors never do any actual editing, maybe it's time to call them something else.

Re:Not Engrish

[Ian Alexander]

You know, since the editors never do any actual editing, maybe it's time to call them something else.

I already do. However, it's not polite so I won't repeat it here. ;)

Re:In bed with Google

[TooMuchToDo]

If the comments are anything like what is currently on YouTube, I very much hope they nuke those comments from orbit.