Since it was first unveiled on the Internet, YouTube has become the most popular video-sharing web site, with a claim to fame of creating celebrities out of even the most obscure person.
CBS' "Two and a Half Men" will soon be offered for free on the YouTube site.
Recently, however, YouTube has announced that it is going to be providing movies and television shows on their site, which leaves on to question whether or not YouTube has forgotten the point of creating their site in the first place. It seems as though YouTube is now more concentrated on competing with rival video-sharing sites, such as Hulu, than being a haven for independent producers to make their work public.
Now, I will be the first to say that, over the years, YouTube has had its fair share of trouble with the major studios. Several production firms have laid copyright claims against the site, claiming that the site was assisting users in distributing copyrighted material, such as episodes of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” and clips of Fox’s “Family Guy”. This forced YouTube to begin pulling videos from the site, and even running advertisements for the show in question. These advertisements, much like on television, cannot be skipped.
One of the many banners ads to be shown on YouTube in recent months.
As of right now, YouTube has managed to make deals with numerous studios, including Sony, CBS, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Lions Gate Entertainment, Liberty Media, and the Walt Disney Company.
Could YouTube be making these deals only to stifle the complaints of the movie studios, or to become a more prominent money maker for the Google corporation?
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