Video by Robert Hinderliter - Class of 2007


TIMELINE:

January 2005:

"Back in January 2005, Steve Chen [YouTube co-founder] and I got together for a dinner party and were taking photographs and videos with our digital cameras," says site co-founder Chad Hurley, who met Chen when they were employees at PayPal. "The next day, we realized how difficult it was to share these video files with each other and then thought that this had the potential for being a problem for more and more people." Thus, the birth of YouTube.com. - From New York Post: SECTION: All Editions; Pg. 42 / HEADLINE: TUBE TOPS 'NET - VIDEO-CLIP CLEARINGHOUSE ATTRACTS FANS, LAWSUITS / BYLINE: MAXINE SHEN - March 9th 2006

February 2005:

They registered the domain YouTube.com on February 15th, 2005 and developed the site over the following months from a garage in Menlo Park. - http://www.rev2.org/2006/10/02/youtube-the-complete-profile/

March 2005: There are about 30 clips on YouTube, some involving Chen's cat. (Shen, New York Post March 9 2006)

May 2005:

In May 2005 they launched in a public beta, and in November, YouTube made its debut with an $3.5 million of funding from Sequoia Capital.To get a decent start and attract the initial crowd they were looking for — teenagers, college students, hobbyists, film-makers — they came out with a contest that promised to give out one iPod Nano to a random member each day, which ran for two months. This contest worked on a point-based system, for example one point was rewarded for signing up, one for inviting others, another one for posting a video, etc. The more the points you gained, the higher the chance of winning you had. This was a significant action that got YouTube noticed by the masses and gave it a headstart as per the signups. After all, if you knew you had a chance to winning a $250 iPod Nano just by signing up and posting that Uncle Bob's funny biking incident clip you've had on your hard-drive for the past few years, wouldn't you? - http://www.rev2.org/2006/10/02/youtube-the-complete-profile/

When YouTube debuted last May in its "preview period" - read: the site was still experimenting - it drew an average of 32,000 viewers per day.
(McManis, Sacramento Bee, March 14 2006)

August 2005: "Hey clip" by tasha posted on August 24th. It becomes the most-watched of all time (currently still in the top 10)


October 2005: Jon Stewart's appearance on CNN's Crossfire is posted on YouTube. More people watch the clip on YouTube than saw it on CNN.
"The number of videos viewed each day on YouTube's website stood at about 3m in October, five months after the site went live." (Kevin Allison. Financial Times. London, England April 10 2006.)

November 2005:

Big changes in the way people shoot video -- increasingly on small digital cameras instead of camcorders -- and lower costs for website operators have enabled a host of start-up video sites to pop up in the last few months.

But YouTube, by far the largest of the independent video sites, says it has more than 200,000 registered users and is showing more than 2 million videos per day. YouTube recently raised $3.5 million in funding from Sequoia Capital.

What's made these new free video sites possible is a dramatic change in the way consumers make videos.Small digital cameras have greatly improved video-capturing capabilities, and the video files are smaller and easier to share.Thanks to digital camera video features, consumers are now shooting much more video -- 34 million gigabytes' worth this year, vs. 24 million gigabytes last year, says research firm IDC.

Still, IDC analyst Chris Chute thinks it will take years for these sites to take off. He estimates that less than 10% of digital camera owners are savvy enough to take the time to sit in front of the computer and transfer video footage.
exerpts from:
USA TODAY November 22, 2005, Tuesday, FINAL EDITION
HEADLINE: Video websites pop up, invite postings
Jefferson Graham
LOS ANGELES

December 2005:

"In December, the site got flooded with bootlegs of the Saturday Night Live short Lazy Sunday. YouTube complied with NBC's requests to take down the clip for copyright violation but didn't stop Bryant Fisher and Max Sitinikov from posting their impressive shot-for-shot remake of SNL's video, lip-synced to its audio track. What it lacks in originality, it makes up in sheer dedication." - A Video History of YouTube by Paul Botin. Slate. Oct 18 2006

YouTube, based in San Mateo, Calif., is an amateur video-sharing site that had its official debut on Dec. 15, after a seven-month public development. It makes its money from text-only banner advertisements, running at the top and bottom of its Web page.

YouTube has a staff of only 20, and the only censorship they have exercised thus far is of ''inappropriate'' material, meaning pornography.)

YouTube had one million visitors in November, and three million in December. Julie Supan, the company's marketing director, said YouTube is now up to more than 10 million videos viewed daily. ''We're streaming 115 videos a second,'' she said, ''6,944 per minute.''

''I don't think there would be a market for all this stuff on YouTube,'' Mr. Peck said, ''if everyone -- artists, labels, publishers and rights holders -- could get together and find reasonable ways to release it.'' (Ratliff, The New York Times, February 3 2006)

Julie Supan, senior director of marketing for YouTube, said she contacted NBC Universal about working out a deal to feature NBC clips, including ''Lazy Sunday,'' on the site. NBC Universal responded early this month with a notice asking YouTube to remove about 500 clips of NBC material from its site or face legal action under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. YouTube complied last week. ''Lazy Sunday'' is still available for free viewing on NBC's Web site, and costs $1.99 on iTunes. (Biggs, The New York Times, February 20 2006)

January 2006:
"By January, the company said the number of daily views on the site had mushroomed to 25m, as visitors to MySpace and other community sites began to make YouTube their site of choice for sharing video content. The average visitor spends about 14 minutes watching and commenting on videos on YouTube, against an average of about 7 minutes for other sites."(Kevin Allison. Financial Times. London, England. April 10 2006)

"YouTube's visitors were posting about 8000 videos a day while viewers were seeing three million videos daily." (Michael Liedtke, The Daily Telegraph, Australia. May 17, 2006.)
February 2006:
"YouTube's nine million US visitors viewed 176 million pages."(Michael Liedtke, The Daily Telegraph, Australia. May 17, 2006.)

Consumers in the United States alone shot 34 million gigabytes worth of video last year, which is a 40 per cent rise from the 24 million gigabytes the previous year. (Yong, Straits Times Singapore, Feb 5 2006)

March 2006: There are 25 million clips on YouTube (Shen, New York Post March 9 2006)

"... we're handling 200 terabytes of data per day - almost a third of Google's or Yahoo's traffic." (McManis quoting Julie Supman, Sacramento Bee, March 14 2006)

"More than 20,000 new video clips are sent in to YouTube every day and it attracts 15 million plays every 24 hours." ( Richard Gray, Scotland on Sunday,March 19 2006)

April 2006: The Evolution of Dance, the most watched and top favorite video of all time, is uploaded on April 6th

YouTube, a leading site for watching video on the web, won new funding yesterday, as a research firm predicted demand for internet video services was about to explode.
YouTube, which has grown popular by hosting video clips uploaded by its users, said it had received Dollars 8m in second-round funding from Sequoia Capital, a venture capital group that backed Yahoo and Google. "This is the birth of a new clip culture where the audience is in control more than ever," said Chad Hurley, chief executive.
"YouTube is at the forefront of a cultural shift in digital media entertainment and media distribution," added Roelof Botha, a Sequioa partner.
(Chris Nuttall. Financial Times. London, England, April 6 2006.)

"35,000 videos a day were being added to the site, with an estimated 30 million clips being viewed daily." (Robin McKie. The Observer. London, England. May 28 2006.)


May 2006: YouTube's viewership surpasses that of CNN.com (A Video History of YouTube by Paul Boutin. Slate. Oct 18 2006)


"At the start of this month, Hurley says people were posting about 35,000 new videos daily at YouTube.com, luring even more viewers to an audience that's already watching more than 35 million videos a day, most lasting 30 seconds to 2 1/2 minutes." (Michael Liedtke. The Daily Telegraph, Australia. May 17 2006)

"YouTube.com, the No. 1 video site on the Web and the home of often inspired amateur video, drew 43 percent of all Net users seeking to view video during a recent three-month period, according to market research firm Hitwise." (The Atlanta Journal, May 28 2006)



"YouTube, in the five months since its official launch, has become the 21st most trafficked website on the entire internet." (Leo Benedictus, The Guardian, London, England. May 31 2006.)




June 2006: Lonelygirl15 posts her first vlog on June 16th.


2.5 billion videos viewed this month, and 100 million per day. YouTube has just over 30 employees (YouTube Serves Up 100 Million Videos a Day)

"On YouTube, the average user watches 30 minutes of videos a day, though the average length of each video viewed is about 2 minutes. The site just began accepting limited advertising, validating its concept with money." (Kevin Maney. USA Today, June 14 2006.)
CONFLICTS WITH:
" On average, each YouTube visitor spends nearly 16 minutes on the site, according to Hitwise, an online measurement firm in New York." (Michelle Quinn, The Seattle Times, June 26 2006)


"Thirty-one percent of its visitors are 18 to 24, according to Hitwise." (Michelle Quinn, The Seattle Times, June 26 2006)

July 2006:

"YouTube really sums up the idea of democratisation of the tools of production, with its easy-to-view, easy-to-upload grainy videos, posted predominantly by users. It is now being taken seriously by both the television and music industry over here." - 27/07/2006,Long-tailed niche market of the future where less is more, Copyright 2006 Centaur Communications Ltd.

"Let's just hope that YouTube doesn't have to be another object lesson in the stupidity of the old media industries." - 25/07.2006, Another Casualty in the Copyright Wars?, Copyright 2006 Ziff Davis Media Inc.


"The YouTube and NBC partnership symbolises what can happen when traditional media companies and new media companies find common ground," said John Miller, chief marketing officer, NBC Universal Television Group. "YouTube is the perfect online media partner to promote NBC's marquee entertainment to their audience and explore new and creative ways to harness the power of viral video in a manner that respects copyrights. This partnership provides greater visibility and access to both NBC and YouTube's audiences, providing both companies with new outlets for growth and opportunity," said Chad Hurley, co-founder and CEO of YouTube. " - YouTube, NBC in partner deal

"Popularity: Streams more than 50 million videos a day. Ranks No. 39 among all Internet sites, ahead of the IRS website and right behind Netflix and UPS, according to Hitwise USA, which tracks Internet traffic." (Thomas K. Arnold. USA Today, July 5 2006)


August 2006:







September 2006:



"That is why YouTube users aren't logging on to see big-budget musical extravaganzas, but comedy clips, tiny bites of bizarre visual information to make you laugh or go wow, silly musical pastiches, amateur reinterpretations of favourite tracks and provocative no-budget shorts by unsigned bands. It is raw, lively, satirical and inherently visual, pushing the music into a supporting role. It might, in effect, represent a long-overdue evolution in the music video: something that has to be seen as well as heard." - 28/09/2006, Roll over MTV - here comes the amateur


INTERNET movie services threaten to add a new dimension to the competitive environment of pay television and free-to-air, according to analyst IDC. More people are turning to the internet for video content by accessing peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing networks such as BitTorrent, personal blogs on MySpace, Google Video and YouTube. ''Today, quite a significant portion of internet video users watch full movies and television shows, and almost 30 per cent obtain sports content over the internet, which is one of the major drivers of pay television service adoption,'' says Sophie Lo, an IDC researcher who examines consumer activity in digital markets. Part of the market remains staunchly resistant to internet video services due to their aversion to watching entertainment on a PC, she says. This gives traditional operators an advantage. However, that advantage would diminish with the advent of internet protocol set-top box services, she says. Broadcasters should keep an eye on the efforts of companies such as Apple, which are trying to widen adoption of internet media services, IDC says. - 26/09/2006 BUSINESS FIRST


The next Web wave is on 2.0; Forget the triple W. The hippest sites are the Web 2.0 spaces, where people get the content they want, when they want it. 3 sexy features of Web 2.0 sites:
1. What you want, when you want it
2. New and really useful updates all the time
3. Widgets make magic - 26/09.2006, The next Web wave is on 2.0;





October 9th 2006: Google buys YouTube for $1.6 Billion in stock.
Chad and Steve posted a vlog about it that same day.

"Following the acquisition, YouTube will operate independently to preserve its successful brand and passionate community. The acquisition combines one of the largest and fastest growing online video entertainment communities with Google's expertise in organizing information and creating new models for advertising on the Internet. The combined companies will focus on providing a better, more comprehensive experience for users interested in uploading, watching and sharing videos, and will offer new opportunities for professional content owners to distribute their work to reach a vast new audience."


"Our community has played a vital role in changing the way that people consume media, creating a new clip culture. By joining forces with Google, we can benefit from its global reach and technology leadership to deliver a more comprehensive entertainment experience for our users and to create new opportunities for our partners," said Chad Hurley, CEO and Co-Founder of YouTube. "I'm confident that with this partnership we'll have the flexibility and resources needed to pursue our goal of building the next-generation platform for serving media worldwide." - http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/pressrel/google_youtube.html

October 19, 2007 LONDON - Universal Music is suing two video-sharing websites only a week after it revealed a partnership with YouTube to make uploads of its artists' videos legal.
The sites being targeted are Bolt.com and Grouper.com. Universal said it plans to seek damages of dollars 150,000 for each incident of copyright infringement as well as damages.
Universal, whose artists include U2 and Mariah Carey, said that the sites 'cannot reasonably expect to build their business on the backs of our content and the hard work of our artists and songwriters without permission and without compensating the content creators'. It is the first time a label has sued one of the video-sharing websites, although such a move had long been expected.
(Brand Republic News Releases,October 19, 2006,Pg. 1,321 words,Jennifer Whitehead Brand Republic)
Despite the rise of broadband and the popularity of video-based social networking sites like YouTube, the online advertising industry is still lagging behind when it comes to producing interactive video executions. While good examples exist, all too often online video merely means TV on the web. Yet the industry is waking up to the knowledge that change is needed if video is to reach its potential and go beyond a lean-back experience. A look around the industry turns up only a few examples of video campaigns that are truly using online video to interact with its audience.

(New Media Age,October 19, 2006,Pg. 23,1451 words)


October 21, 2006 Universal and Sony BMG joined Warner in agreeing deals with YouTube last week, underlining the music industry's growing acceptance of the video-sharing service.
The two majors announced separately last Monday that they had both signed agreements with YouTube, enabling users of the site to feature content from their catalogues in return for a share of ad revenue. Warner signed a similar deal in September and EMI says that it is currently in discussions with YouTube. (Music Week,October 21, 2006,Pg. 13,557 words)



October 23, 2006 SMART MOVE OR SILLY MONEY 2.0?; If YouTube ends up being a $1.65 billion mistake, Google can afford it. That's why Old Media is wondering how to play this new game, Business Week,October 23, 2006,News & Insights: NET ACQUISITIONS; Pg. 34,1572 words,By Tom Lowry and Robert D. Hof, with Sarah Lacy, Roben Farzad, and Ronald Grover
Recent Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) acquisition YouTube deleted almost 30,000 files from its website after a Japanese entertainment group complained of copyright infringement.

(FinancialWire,October 23, 2006 Monday,A20061023D-12BAA-GNW,318 words)


McDonald's blogs on corporate responsibility. General Motors' blogging team posts pictures from photo-sharing site Flickr and videos from YouTube. Product groups within Wells Fargo use blogs to exchange ideas. And Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz, one of the first execs to start a blog and really make waves with it, is seeking approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission to write about Sun's financial performance on his blog. (INFORMATIONWEEK,October 23, 2006,NEWS & ANALYSIS; Pg. 38,584 words,J. Nicholas Hoover)


October 25, 2006 The latest digital trend has a lot of names: social networking, connection marketing, social media, social marketing, citizen publishing ... the list goes on. However, while the digital market has yet to decide on the exact terminology for the growing phenomenon of user-generated content sites, there's no denying that it matters. These web sites have heralded a dramatic shift in the online publishing world. It has moved from a traditional publishing model, where content was made for audiences by publishing companies, to these audiences creating their own content and becoming publishers in their own right. In this sort of landscape, the new media barons are not Murdoch and Rothermere, but the unsuspecting founders of YouTube, and, sitting alongside them, the humble blogger or citizen publisher. (Revolution,October 25, 2006,Pg. 41,2252 words)

October 26, 2006 NEW YORK - A moving ad from Michael J Fox backing stem cell research, which has been viewed by 1m on YouTube, has shaken up a US senatorial race. (Brand Republic News Releases,October 26, 2006,Pg. 1,339 words)



Pizza Hut is to become the first UK brand to launch a channel on social networking site YouTube. (Marketing Week,October 26, 2006,Pg. 14,214 words)


October 27, 2006 DETECTIVES were last night hunting a North Wales "spec snatcher" whose antics were posted on the YouTube internet site. (Daily Post (Liverpool),October 27, 2006 Friday,A2006102731-12C46-GNW,361 words,STEVE BAGNALL)



October 28, 2006 All UK major labels, with the exception of EMI, have reportedly bought small stakes in video sharing site YouTube. Sony BMG, Universal Music and Warner Music negotiated the deals as part of video and music licensing deals shortly before YouTube's $1.65bn (£ 870m) sale to Google. (Music Week,October 28, 2006,Pg. 2,46 words)


October 30, 2006 "A real beauty: Dove's viral makes big splash for no cash;Unilever gets better ROI from YouTube video than from its Super Bowl spot" (Advertising Age,October 30, 2006,NEWS; Pg. 1,771 words,JACK NEFF)


Unlike Kazaa, the Venice Project won't let people illegally trade copyrighted works. Instead, the company is in talks with media and TV companies to create ad-supported channels for full-length, professional content. Individuals can also upload videos. ``People love to watch TV,'' says Friis. ``And people love the Internet because of the choice and the social qualities. We're trying to bring the best of both worlds together.'' (Business Week,October 30, 2006,News & Insights: NEXT TECH; Pg. 40,1007 words,By Heather Green, with Sarah Lacy in San Mateo and Steve Rosenbush in New York)


October 31, 2006 "Viacom Inc. has requested that video Web site YouTube take down some Viacom videos, including shows by comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, as part of ongoing discussions on how the two companies can work together, a Viacom source said on Monday." (PC Magazine.com,October 31, 2006 Tuesday 10:33 AM EST,,NEWS AND ANALYSIS,427 words,Reuters)


November 2006:

• "The website hosts more than 100 million videos, with 65,000 new videos uploaded daily. According to Nielsen NetRatings, more than 20 million unique users visit YouTube every month -- for content that is effectively donated. Millions of people around the world are willing to run around with their camcorders, record something silly and post it on YouTube or similar sites. YouTube and its peers just have to provide a place to store the content and then sit back and reap the profits." (The Ottawa Citizen,November 2, 2006 Thursday, Final Edition,TECH WEEKLY; Pg. F1 ,2940 words,Vito Pilieci, The Ottawa Citizen)

• For two days, all Comedy Central material was pulled from YouTube. Then Comedy Central reversed their stance and allowed YouTube to broadcast clips of Comedy Central shows, but not full episodes. (YouTube shows Comedy Central its force, Sacramento Bee (California),November 3, 2006 Friday, METRO FINAL EDITION,SCENE; Pg. J1,716 words,Rick Kushman TV Columnist)

• "Books have long been made into movies. Now, they're heading straight to YouTube.

Author Michael Connelly adapted the first chapter of his new murder mystery, "Echo Park," into a 10-minute film for YouTube and other online video sites in an attempt to attract readers." (YouTube video sets stage for novel; A film version of the opening chapter of Michael Connelly's `Echo Park' is posted on the website to whet readers' appetites., Los Angeles Times,November 4, 2006 Saturday, Home Edition,BUSINESS; Business Desk; Part C; Pg. 1,635 words,Dawn C. Chmielewski, Times Staff Writer)

• Any political blunder quickly finds its way onto YouTube in the weeks leading up to the midterm elections. (The 'YouTube elections': how campaigns are being scrutinised as never before, The Independent (London),November 4, 2006 Saturday, Fourth Edition,WORLD / US MIDTERM ELECTIONS; Pg. 28,485 words,Andrew Gumbel in Los Angeles)

• "It's a sad day when Will Ferrell doesn't feel comfortable wearing his pajamas in public anymore.

Yet the 39-year-old comic actor -- who once showed up to high school in button-up flannels just to see if he could "withstand the withering glances" of his classmates -- admits the omniscient vloggers of YouTube have made him sheepish about repeating such off-screen shenanigans." (He's lost his Will to 'let loose'; Because of the advent of YouTube, Ferrell won't make sudden movements in public anymore, The Toronto Sun,November 5, 2006 Sunday, FINAL EDITION,SHOWCASE; Pg. S8,1045 words,BY KEVIN WILLIAMSON, SUN MEDIA,HOLLYWOOD)

• YouTube is named Time Magazine's Invention of the Year for 2006.

The breakthrough that turns home movies into Internet blockbusters is Time magazine's Invention of the Year.
YouTube, which sparked a revolution by allowing Joe Schmoes everywhere to get their 15 nanoseconds of Web fame, beat out a supereconomical car and a soldier-saving robot for the eye-opening honor.
"Only YouTube created a new way for millions of people to entertain, educate, shock, rock and grok one another on a scale we've never seen before," Time's editors wrote in the issue hitting newsstands this week.
"The rules are different now, and one Web site changed them: YouTube."

(YOUTUBE IS TIME'S INVENTION OF YEAR, Daily News (New York),November 6, 2006 Monday, RACING FINAL EDITION,NEWS; Pg. 4,313 words,BY BILL HUTCHINSON DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER)

• "An FBI investigation prompted by video footage of a man being punched repeatedly in the face by police has demonstrated anew the power of the Internet sensation YouTube.com.
  In addition to being a monumental time-waster around the office, YouTube also could become a tool for keeping police honest, some say." (Video on YouTube of violent arrest sparks an FBI inquiry; Officers admitted to incident, saying they feared man would try for guns, The Houston Chronicle,November 11, 2006 Saturday, 3 STAR EDITION,A; Pg. 4,454 words,ALEX VEIGA, Associated Press,LOS ANGELES)

• "Google Inc.'s decision to establish a reserve of more than $200 million for possible lawsuits against YouTube underscores the company's concern over the use of copyrighted clips at the video-sharing website." (Google puts $200M aside for copyright suits expected over YouTube: Video-sharing site will 'inevitably' use protected material, Ottawa Citizen,November 16, 2006 Thursday, Final Edition,BUSINESS; Pg. D2,411 words,Jonathan Thaw, Bloomberg news)

• "Muslim fundamentalists have harnessed the technology of mainstream internet sites to produce a huge growth in propaganda videos, experts say.
  Among those taking advantage of the internet is the group Hizb ut-Tahrir, which has a number of its videos on the popular site YouTube." (Muslim group posts videos on YouTube, The Daily Telegraph (LONDON),November 16, 2006 Thursday,NEWS; Pg. 12,300 words,Duncan Gardham)

• "The NHL announced a deal yesterday with YouTube, the video Web site that Time magazine called 2006's "Invention of the Year," to provide highlights on the Internet.
  The deal comes on the heels of an NHL deal with Google to make full games available, and of Google's purchase of YouTube, which was also finalized yesterday, for $1.775 billion." (NHL NETS DEAL WITH YOUTUBE, Daily News (New York),November 16, 2006 Thursday, SPORTS FINAL EDITION,SPORTS; Pg. 76,160 words,BY JESSE SPECTOR)

• Hollywood agents anounce they are now looking for new talent on YouTube. Talent agencies have created special units with the explicit purpose of scouring YouTube for potential stars. (Don't call us, we'll call YouTube, agents say: Hollywood scouts look to sign makers of hit videos: Creators worry about losing their indie appeal, The Guardian (London) - Final Edition,November 18, 2006 Saturday,GUARDIAN INTERNATIONAL PAGES; Pg. 27,517 words,Dan Glaister, Los Angeles)

• "Quebec school officials are considering banning the use of cameras and cellphones in all classrooms after two students secretly recorded their teacher's angry outburst and posted three clips on YouTube." (Students suspended for posting teacher's outburst online, The Gazette (Montreal),November 25, 2006 Saturday, Final Edition,NEWS; Pg. A11,267 words,CanWest News Service,OTTAWA)

• "Consumers will be able to watch YouTube clips on phones starting next month, the video-sharing Web site owned by Google said this week.
  San Bruno, Calif.-based YouTube struck an agreement with Verizon Wireless to show its most popular video clips on cell phones in an effort to expand beyond personal computers.
  The selection of clips, determined by YouTube users and editors, will change each day and won't be accompanied by advertising." (YouTube phone clips to appear next month; Video-sharing site makes deal with Verizon, The Houston Chronicle,November 29, 2006 Wednesday, 3 STAR EDITION,BUSINESS; Pg. 3,248 words,JONATHAN THAW, Bloomberg News)

December 2006 (data taken from LexiNexis database, emphasis added where present)



























January 2007:

• 
  “According to Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) video sharing site co-founder, frequent users of the site who regularly upload footage may be compensated for their trouble.”
  (YouTube May Pay Users For Uploads --29 January 2007 FinancialWire, (C)2007 Investrend Communications, Inc.)

• Youtube stars go to other media

“Back in June, 26-year-old Lisa Donovan, in search of an outlet for her filmmaking ambitions, posted a self-made video on YouTube under the name Lisa Nova. Now, roughly seven months later, Donovan is a cast member of the Fox late night sketch series Mad TV.” (Super Nova: YouTube Filmmaker a Cast Member on Mad TV January 29, 2007; Copyright 2007 VNU Business Media, Inc.

• “News Corp (NYSE: NWS) television network 20th Century Fox has subpoenaed Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) YouTube video sharing site in order to obtain the identity of a poster who uploaded new episodes of the Simpsons and 24.”
  “Copyright owners are becoming increasingly critical of YouTube's removal policy, saying that it does not do enough to keep protected content from the site.”

(NEWS CORP SUBPOENAS YOUTUBE; January 26, 2007; Copyright 2007 Financial Times Information)

• “A group of music licensing and royalties collection organisations, including Britain's MCPS-PRS, is to meet at Midem to discuss the possibility of legal action against social networking sites including MySpace and YouTube.” (Legal action against social networking -- January 27, 2007; Copyright 2007 CMP Information Ltd.)

• “The clip, filmed on a mobile phone and posted on video-sharing site YouTube, showed a male supply teacher struggling to control a rowdy class at Knowsley Hey School in Huyton, Merseyside.” (SCHOOL BANS PUPILS IN CLASS RACE HATE ABUSE -- January 23, 2007; Copyright 2007 Financial Times Information)

• “Google said Thursday it would begin shifting the focus of Google Video to a search model.”

“When Google first introduced its video site in April 2005, it was not a search engine for video, but instead followed the community model favored by YouTube by soliciting user submissions. It also struck a flurry of deals to sell videos from partners like CBS, the National Basketball Association and others.” (Google Focuses on Video Change -- January 26, 2007; brandweek.com; Copyright 2007 VNU Business Media, Inc.)

• “So just where are the educational nuggets on YouTube? Start with the site's K12 education group (www.youtube.com/group/K12 ). Here, in a safe area for posting and searching, you'll find teacher- and student-submitted videos, including a piece on using blogs, wikis, and other social media in the classroom. As of this writing, there are 53 videos, but the list is sure to grow.” (You tube comes to the Classroom; January 1, 2007; School Library Journal; Copyright 2007 Reed Business Information, US, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc.)

The Future
By 2007, people are expected to watch 29 billion streams of video, up from 18 billion in 2005, according to AccuStream iMedia Research. (Ellen lee, San Fancisco Chronicle, March 23 2006.)


FEBRUARY 2007


Time magazine named 'You' its 2006 person of the year. "It's about many wresting the power from the few, and helping one another for nothing, and how that will not only change the world, but change the way the world changes." "YouTube has changed the world. I think youtube has made us dumber."



YouTube removes over 100,000 clips that viacom claimed were posted without permission. Youtube promises filtering tools for the future to protect copyrighted material.




References:

A Video History of YouTube by Paul Botin. Slate. Oct 18 2006






Additional Information: http://www.rev2.org/2006/10/02/youtube-the-complete-profile/ ...