Looking at Video on the Web with Ken McCarthy
Video, filmmaking, marketing and the web
Ever since Internet video began its ascent, I’ve been looking for a source…
…a single destination I can send readers to – with confidence – that will give you all the Internet video tools and services and education you need a from one single, reliable source at an affordable price.
I’m glad to say that finally that day has arrived.
Click here and crack the Internet video code
You know I thought this was going to be the case, but you never know.
Every time a new medium like Internet video comes along, a whole flock of people start making wild
claims for it – as if the TOOL alone is what’s going to make the difference.
There now hundreds (if not thousands) of new ventures that have Internet video at their core.
How many are making money?
Here’s how it works.
Google’s YouTube provides a service that lets people upload videos to their site for free hosting and download. YouTube has a warning on the home page that basically says "don’t post other people’s copyrighted material," but, of course, people do.
Google is of the opinion that as long as it removes copyrighted material promptly when specifically asked, it’s in the clear. However, they had promised media owners that they were going to install a content monintoring service earlier this year to deal with the problem of pirated videos. They didn’t.
Viacom says there are pver 100,000 clips on YouTube service that belong to them and these clips have generated 1.2 billion video streams. Meanwhile, Google collects the revenue from these views and does not share it with Viacom.
Viacom says "take them all off now and keep them off."
I’ve got an opinion about this one, but what do you think?
Ken
P.S. I’ve taken the best of the original "how to" System Video Blog articles and put them into a convenient report format.
Free to System Video Blog readers and their friends.
http://www.internetvideomarketingletter.com
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There’s an early bird offer in play – for now. Here it is: