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Originally Posted by Snake Doctor
The big thing holding youtube back right now is the Viacom lawsuit.
Until the legal issues there get sorted out, and they have a clear idea of what they can and can't do, what and how they can advertise etc, they're just going to spin their wheels.
The case law for their business model doesn't exist yet, it's going to be decided by the judge(s) hearing this suit.
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Yep the Viacom suit will define the future of Youtube and sites like it. If Viacom wins and is given a huge judgment Youtube will either have to adjust how it does business or close down. From what I understand Youtube and sites like it say they are just hosts and have no control over the content on it. Yet you never see porn on youtube so there must be some kind of filtering system in place that keeps it off the site. If Viacom can prove that youtube is controlling the content in any way then their DMCA safe harbor will be pretty much null and void and once Viacom wins every company or person who has stuff on youtube that they don't want there will be filing a suit. Youtube's legal bills could quickly outpace its bandwidth bills.