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Google sets sights on $1.6bn bid for YouTube (Very troubling--censorship)
The Guardian ^ | Saturday October 7, 2006 | Andrew Clark

Posted on 10/06/2006 6:58:19 PM PDT by freedom4me

Reports in America yesterday suggested that Google is in talks to buy YouTube for as much as $1.6bn (£855m) in an effort to capture its huge following of users who view video clips more than 70m times a day

(Excerpt) Read more at business.guardian.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: google; youtube
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To: KJC1

I don't think I've been banned.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=K_Yf7rfGKPw


21 posted on 10/06/2006 8:12:21 PM PDT by doug from upland (Stopping Hillary should be a FreeRepublic Manhattan Project)
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To: KJC1
I didn't know about Michelle Malkin being banned. That's a shame, she's a sweet gal.

It looks to me now like google's buyout proposal is just a formalizing of a live-in relationship.

Does anyone here have any experience with DivX, if so, could you tell us if it looks like it could become a good replacement for YouTube?

22 posted on 10/06/2006 8:12:24 PM PDT by the anti-liberal (OUR schools are damaging OUR children)
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To: doug from upland

why is that video age restricted?


23 posted on 10/06/2006 8:13:10 PM PDT by oceanview
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To: the anti-liberal

divx doesn't host video clips - they have tools for content creation.


24 posted on 10/06/2006 8:14:30 PM PDT by oceanview
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To: oceanview

I didn't know it was age restricted.


25 posted on 10/06/2006 8:14:35 PM PDT by doug from upland (Stopping Hillary should be a FreeRepublic Manhattan Project)
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To: doug from upland

It wasn't restricted when you first posted it. Now it is. But at least it's still there. Great job, btw!


26 posted on 10/06/2006 8:16:15 PM PDT by KJC1
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To: oceanview
"divx doesn't host video clips"

Isn't that what stage6 is?

27 posted on 10/06/2006 8:17:08 PM PDT by the anti-liberal (OUR schools are damaging OUR children)
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To: doug from upland
" This video may contain content that is inappropriate for some users, as flagged by YouTube's user community. To view this video, please verify you are 18 or older by logging in or signing up."

That is the message when clicking your link Doug. I have never run into this before.

28 posted on 10/06/2006 8:17:20 PM PDT by Abby4116
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To: Abby4116

Someone wearing a bedsheet must have complained.


29 posted on 10/06/2006 8:18:54 PM PDT by doug from upland (Stopping Hillary should be a FreeRepublic Manhattan Project)
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To: the anti-liberal

I never saw that before.

they need to do a better job advertising it, and get a better URL to enter it - with some catchy phrase or something.


30 posted on 10/06/2006 8:20:05 PM PDT by oceanview
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To: oceanview
"they need to do a better job advertising it"

I guess we'll just have to rely on word-of-mouth then.

;')

31 posted on 10/06/2006 8:24:02 PM PDT by the anti-liberal (OUR schools are damaging OUR children)
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To: doug from upland
And, after I signed up, signed in - this is the message I get when I try to view it:

This video may contain content that is inappropriate for some users, as flagged by YouTube's user community. By clicking "Confirm," you are agreeing that all videos flagged by the YouTube community will be viewable by this account.

And clicking "confirm" brings the same page up.

Not sure what is going on with them - but I suspect that you are right.

32 posted on 10/06/2006 8:27:06 PM PDT by Abby4116
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To: Abby4116

I am thinking about illustrating the song I did about Katie Couric's colonoscopy. That is when the doctors found her brain. I suspect that will be censored.


33 posted on 10/06/2006 8:31:41 PM PDT by doug from upland (Stopping Hillary should be a FreeRepublic Manhattan Project)
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To: the anti-liberal

"If we don't post videos expressing our side, we can't complain that there are none."

I can't bother with it. I gotta make money.

I always wanted to be a teacher. The main reason for this drive to be a teacher was that I could counter the leftism taught at our public schools. I ponderer about for a long time. I then decided teaching wasn't what interested me. I wanted to make money.


34 posted on 10/06/2006 8:32:14 PM PDT by stultorum (dont hire illegal aliens)
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To: rawhide

google has a site....it is in 4th place or so. I think they are going after all the content, as well at the name.

Myspace and YouTube are now the most popular websites among the young demographic....adding YouTube to Googles ad sales team and tracking devices would create a larger value than the two separate companies.

1 + 1 = 3

They could every news story you read on google news, keywords in your google mail, your search terms and recommend videos based on your selections, and vice versa, all the while selling ads preferenced to you at every click.


35 posted on 10/06/2006 8:32:18 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: the anti-liberal

If we don't post videos expressing our side, we can't complain that there are none.

YouTube will host it, but you have to post it.

Good point! Cant be speaking to the choir 100% of the time and then complain about the liberals outside.


36 posted on 10/06/2006 8:35:29 PM PDT by MaineVoter2002 (http://www.cafenetamerica.com)
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To: doug from upland
I had to laugh when I read that.Dougbannedfomupland.I love the troop one's and have many in my favorites.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78oxfVWI-9Y&NR
37 posted on 10/06/2006 8:37:45 PM PDT by fatima (Go Eagles.)
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To: Abby4116; doug from upland
Same with me.....can't open it.

FMCDH(BITS)

38 posted on 10/06/2006 10:12:08 PM PDT by nothingnew (I fear for my Republic due to marxist influence in our government. Open eyes/see)
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To: KJC1
My sincere interest in learning more about this religion just after 9-11 has since waned. I know all I need to know based on the actions of a few of it's adherents and the deafening silence of the the rest of the Muslim world.
39 posted on 10/07/2006 2:01:23 AM PDT by incredulous joe (“Share the Gospel at all times, and, if necessary, use words.” -- St. Frances of Assisi)
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