Entries Categorized as 'Google'

GooTube vs Copyright. Round 1.

Date October 13, 2006

Let the games begin. Time Warner are the first in what could be a long line of copyright holders stepping up to see how deep Google’s pockets are following their acquisition of YouTube.
It was a sure bet that many copyright holders were waiting to see if YouTube would be snapped-up by a richer adoptive parent before [...]

Google buys YouTube for $1.65 Billion

Date October 9, 2006

Billion? I’ll say it again… BILLION.
Confirmed just a few minutes ago at Techcrunch, this will be the news lighting up the blogosphere for the next few hours. More than likely the fact that Google bought You Tube won’t be the big story. The cost of the deal - $1.65 billion - will be the talking [...]