DVDVideoSoft Limited has updated its free “YouTube to iPod Converter,” a program that allows users to download videos from YouTube.com and convert the files to MP4 video format for playback on an Apple iPod, Sony PSP or video-enabled cell phone.
It was bound to happen sooner or later: A major media company has taken issue with Google’s YouTube service. Claiming copyright infringement, Viacom filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in New York against YouTube, seeking $1 billion in damages.
Search engine giant Google has said it will use its recent YouTube acquisition to boost the popularity of its new video search function. Starting today, YouTube video results will appear in the Google Video search index.
After months of litigation, a Brazilian court has ordered that video file sharing site YouTube be shut down until it removes a popular celebrity sex tape.
Microsoft Corp. plans to ride the coattails of YouTube when it announces Tuesday that it is coming up with its own video service called Soapbox on MSN Video.
Two popular video clip sites YouTube.com and Google Video have removed several videos posted by adult novelty manufacturer Sportsheets International over the last week. Both sites claim the clips were in violation of its content policies, despite the lack of nudity.
Leading video site YouTube provides a forum for users to post and view short videos online, and while the site was designed as a place for amateurs to share clips of homemade movies, it is now perched precariously between major mainstream media companies and adult sites employing guerrilla marketing tactics.
