YouTube's founders took to news of their $1.65 billion acquisition directly to their users in this video were they brashly call it a joining of "two kings."
Meanwhile, bloggers are questioning what the merger will really mean for users. Many speculate an end to all those easy-to-find TV clips, music videos and other copyrighted content now that the site is backed by money. Time will tell, but I have to say though it's completely different in many ways, it's eerily reminiscent of when the original Napster went down in like 2001. Yeah, I totally get the copyright side, but it was so thrilling being able to find any song you'd ever wanted to hear and so sad to see it go away without an immediate replacement.Be interesting to see if studios, networks and music labels choose to yank copyrighted clips off or just place advertisements beside them (which the deals with CBS, Universal Music and Sony BMG allow.) I Still Think Google is Crazy:) (Mark Cuban) Your Rights Online: YouTube Leaves Google Vulnerable? (Slashdot) Google Buys YouTube, Will YouTube Start to Suck? (LAist)
