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Viacom and YouTube duking it out over video sharing

February 9, 2007 - 5:24pm — David Herron

In this CNET article Viacom moves on without YouTube a very strange argument is made. The situation is that clips from Comedy Central programs like The Colbert Report and The Daily Show are very popular on YouTube. Viacom, the owner of Comedy Central, has demanded that over 100,000 clips be removed from YouTube.

"Gaming" YouTube

October 18, 2006 - 6:18am — David Herron

I guess it's easier to get visibility on YouTube than I thought. YouTube offers several list of videos meant to help you find the best of the best, presumably so you get the best experience of YouTube's stable of content. But what if you could rise to the top of YouTube's "most watched" or "most discussed" lists by cheating the system?