Comments on: Please, let’s not call it GooTube

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Tue, 10 Oct 2006 15:45:18 +0000

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By: Agoracom

Agoracom — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 23:54:38 +0000

Time will tell but I’m going to jump off the fence and say this deal will be the catalyst of many content collaborations in the months and years to come.

Best,
George

By: Mathew Ingram

Mathew Ingram — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 23:38:07 +0000

I think you’re right, George. I hope this is the start of a new approach by content owners to new media ventures like YouTube. Time will tell whether it is or not.

By: Agoracom

Agoracom — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 23:29:50 +0000

Hi, Mathew. I argued strongly that YT could not go IPO despite the test balloons sent up over the past few months. Today’s deal proves that point.

The Google acquisition, on the other hand, makes a lot of sense. Google brings the muscle and ability to make the kind of content deals announced this morning. YT could never have achieved those on their own.

What I find particularly interesting is the consistency in the partnership press releases this morning that YT users would be able to used licensed content to produce their own content for YT. Very smart.

Will there by copyright issues? If I were a content owner, I would first approach Google and find out how much revenue I can generate by working with them. Short of Google being unreasonable, I’d rather partner than litigate, which is exactly why Sony, CBS, Universal, etc. announced their YT partnerships this morning.

Google isn’t stupid and neither are the content owners. Litigation and partnerships are both about money, so you can bet the partner route will be the preferred route. Look for more dominos to fall in the next few weeks and YT becoming a phenom.

Is Fox the wildcard (as stated by Cuban)? I don’t think so. They are still a content company and they don’t want to get shut out of YT. Besides, they came to terms with Google re: MySpace, so why couldn’t they come to terms here?

This deal is diabolical. Google will look like a genius 12 months from now.

Best,
George

By: - tech whisperer

- tech whisperer — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

RED HERRING | The Business of Technology And to think that I was convinced the rumours last week were just that. This adds a definitive jewel on the google crown, provided that the Google folks know what to do with it. Matthew Ingram has some good commentary on the purchase. See what you miss when you have Thanksgiving at the cottage? > > technorati tags:/technorati.com/tag/Google”>/technorati.com/tag/Google” rel=”tag”>Google, YouTube, Matthew Ingram Blogged with Flock