http://www.newsome.org/2006/09/youtube-haters-or-bubble-watchers/ Kent Newsome on technology, music and life Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.newsome.org/2006/09/youtube-haters-or-bubble-watchers/comment-page-1/#comment-4247 Kent Sun, 01 Oct 2006 15:38:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/newsome/?p=3238#comment-4247 I guess the problem is that it's hard for some of these developers not to get intoxicated when other people start tossing out huge valuations. I hope the YouTube guys stay the course, because more than any other site, YouTube really has a shot at becoming a material and permanent part of the internet infrastructure.And unlike Google, which is having a hard time looking for its next big hit, YouTube's next big hit is being created by some user somewhere right now with his video camera.I remember Lyric.ch- I used to use it all the time. The same thing is happening to the tab sites now.But these companies are going to slowly realize that the move online is inevitable. When you see the networks start to put their shows online the day they air (that's how I watched Survivor this week), you have to believe there's more to come.Plus, if we remember the lesson of Lyrics.ch, so do YouTube's potential buyers.It will be interesting to watch this as it plays out. I guess the problem is that it’s hard for some of these developers not to get intoxicated when other people start tossing out huge valuations. I hope the YouTube guys stay the course, because more than any other site, YouTube really has a shot at becoming a material and permanent part of the internet infrastructure.And unlike Google, which is having a hard time looking for its next big hit, YouTube’s next big hit is being created by some user somewhere right now with his video camera.I remember Lyric.ch- I used to use it all the time. The same thing is happening to the tab sites now.But these companies are going to slowly realize that the move online is inevitable. When you see the networks start to put their shows online the day they air (that’s how I watched Survivor this week), you have to believe there’s more to come.Plus, if we remember the lesson of Lyrics.ch, so do YouTube’s potential buyers.It will be interesting to watch this as it plays out.

]]> http://www.newsome.org/2006/09/youtube-haters-or-bubble-watchers/comment-page-1/#comment-4248 Ethan Sun, 01 Oct 2006 13:57:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/newsome/?p=3238#comment-4248 <I>Why not just sit back and let YouTube try to come up with some revenue streams and then ask them how much money they make?</I>The thing is, if YT does that, then for absolute sure a large amount of their content would need to be yanked. In short, this would be "reselling" the content, which has been ripped/reposted from say, network TV. Check back to the Harry Fox agency lawsuit against lyrics.ch - and all they did was post lyric sheets (not the original recordings) with banner ads. Why not just sit back and let YouTube try to come up with some revenue streams and then ask them how much money they make?The thing is, if YT does that, then for absolute sure a large amount of their content would need to be yanked. In short, this would be “reselling” the content, which has been ripped/reposted from say, network TV. Check back to the Harry Fox agency lawsuit against lyrics.ch – and all they did was post lyric sheets (not the original recordings) with banner ads.

]]> http://www.newsome.org/2006/09/youtube-haters-or-bubble-watchers/comment-page-1/#comment-4249 rightbacktoyou Sun, 01 Oct 2006 12:31:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/newsome/?p=3238#comment-4249 that was the reason i did my "back of the envelope" analysis of what YouTube could make if it served pre-roll adsi think they'll probably go with post-roll links or ads instead unless the content owners insist on pre-roll in which case they'll let them do thatmy gut tells me that youtube can be as big as google, yahoo, ebay, amazon, etc over time (5-10 years) if we wait and watch them build an ad model.which may well be what happensfred that was the reason i did my “back of the envelope” analysis of what YouTube could make if it served pre-roll adsi think they’ll probably go with post-roll links or ads instead unless the content owners insist on pre-roll in which case they’ll let them do thatmy gut tells me that youtube can be as big as google, yahoo, ebay, amazon, etc over time (5-10 years) if we wait and watch them build an ad model.which may well be what happensfred

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