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The processor is the brain of a computer - Chris Long, IT journalist
Youtube plans offline video for a fee
PIRATE VIDEO site Youtube has plans to offer a selection of its videos to view offline... for a fee.
"We have started working with a few partners who want their videos shared universally, and even enjoyed away from an internet connection," said product manager Thai Tran on his bog.
Tran says a small number of other Youtube partners are also participating in this test "as an additional distribution and revenue-generating tool."
The Google-owned firm will offer video creators a Creative Commons licence that allows people to reuse downloaded content under certain conditions.
The creators can choose to offer their video downloads for free, or for a fee.
Youtube spun the announcement by suggesting the deal would be useful for folk like university students or teachers who want to share lectures and research.
But paid downloads are paid downloads. Expect the outfit to start trying to coin it in big time over the coming months. µ
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there are plenty of browser extensions that will grab an embedded video stream, and if youtube block that then there's always the trusty screen recorder.
..But average 6 pack joe wouldnt know how to use a screen recorder nor probably heard of firefox :D:D:D....
@ A/C, HH, and all others.
Drawbacks as in back to the drawing board, why? Simply because the video junky that would buy would want to recoup some of the cost by opening his own site with the bought content posting it for free and reap small ads revenue.
I don't see the value in doing this for money cuz, video clips gets stale real quick. Unless unless your contented with meagre ads revenue.
Haven't these n00bs heard of DownloadHelper?
I've been downloading every Flash video I liked since God knows when.
"Revenue-generating tool" LMAO @ the monniboyz ...
Although Download Helper and numerous other extensions will work, there are two problems, 1) its generally either illegal or at least against the sites T's and C's and 2) Only a small proportion of people actually know about them and care enough to work out how to find, install and use them.
Look at ringtones - how easy is it to strip a small section of music from the full track, and yet companies have made millions from people willing to pay pounds at a time for the 30-second clip to be made for them and delivered straight to their phone.