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YouTube to Offer Free Music Videos

Thursday, August 17th, 2006 at 1:50 PM - by

YouTube has plans to offer free music video downloads on its Web site, with revenue supplied by advertising sales. Jupiter Research vice-president Mark Mulligan told the Guardian that YouTube's deals with Warner Music and EMI could damage Apple's own music video sales on the iTunes Music Store.

"Any service that YouTube puts in place is, almost beyond reasonable doubt, not going to be iPod compatible," Mr. Mulligan said. "If YouTube can convert its massive online popularity then it could provide a significant reason for people to buy non-iPod devices. At the moment Apple is still the best bet for portable music watching. Either way, it is a nail in the coffin of paid-for services as the dominant online model versus ad-funded alternatives."

YouTube's maneuver could also impact Google, Yahoo!, and AOL, all of whom are also offering online video.

Thanks to MacDailyNews for the heads-up.

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Thu Aug 17, 2006 2:31 pm

"... it is a nail in the coffin ..." ... it MAY be, but it is not yet. These sorts of claims by analysts are so tiresome. The can be lodged as another "iPod killer" announcement.

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Thu Aug 17, 2006 2:35 pm

Well if they are the same low quality as the other videos on YouTube the venture is doomed.

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gslusher said:

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Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:02 am

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Well if they are the same low quality as the other videos on YouTube the venture is doomed.

Absolutely. I put a video on YouTube, then took it off, as it was terrible. I'd spent quite a bit of effort getting a nice-looking iPod-compatible video and YouTube made it look like the product of a $50 webcam. I wouldn't want my name associated with such a POS, so I took it off.

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Fri Aug 18, 2006 9:08 am

gslusher wrote:
Guest wrote:
Well if they are the same low quality as the other videos on YouTube the venture is doomed.

Absolutely. I put a video on YouTube, then took it off, as it was terrible. I'd spent quite a bit of effort getting a nice-looking iPod-compatible video and YouTube made it look like the product of a $50 webcam. I wouldn't want my name associated with such a POS, so I took it off.

They probably degrade videos so that they servers can handle the traffic. With the large number of $50 web cams in use, most viewers wouldn't notice the difference.

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