Comments on: YouTube Flipflops Users, Limiting Video Duration Again http://jungleg.com/2009/02/11/youtube-flipflops-users-limiting-video-duration-again/ Life is a Startup Wed, 18 Apr 2012 21:43:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: bob http://jungleg.com/2009/02/11/youtube-flipflops-users-limiting-video-duration-again/comment-page-1/#comment-5090 bob Thu, 07 Oct 2010 15:51:49 +0000 http://jungleg.com/?p=396#comment-5090 The 10 minute rule is because of MPEG. anything posted over 10 minutes means they should get payed royalties. So you don't own your own content because you're using cameras which use the MPEG standard to encode stuff, and they've licensed themselves so most videos under 10 minutes is royalty free, but go over that, and you must pay. i.e. Google must pay. The 10 minute rule is because of MPEG. anything posted over 10 minutes means they should get payed royalties.

So you don’t own your own content because you’re using cameras which use the MPEG standard to encode stuff, and they’ve licensed themselves so most videos under 10 minutes is royalty free, but go over that, and you must pay. i.e. Google must pay.

]]> By: David http://jungleg.com/2009/02/11/youtube-flipflops-users-limiting-video-duration-again/comment-page-1/#comment-5048 David Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:32:12 +0000 http://jungleg.com/?p=396#comment-5048 Obviously in the net business its not the consumer they care about. Obviously in the net business its not the consumer they care about.

]]> By: COMALite J http://jungleg.com/2009/02/11/youtube-flipflops-users-limiting-video-duration-again/comment-page-1/#comment-2516 COMALite J Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:43:12 +0000 http://jungleg.com/?p=396#comment-2516 Just so you know, the reason for the 10-minute limit is not to save infrastructure costs (as you say, only the file size is relevant to that), but two-fold: #1, to inhibit uploads of TV shows, movies, and other copyrighted material (TV shows are generally at least 11 minutes long for ¼-hour time slots [4 minutes for commercials], and of course most TV show episodes are at least ½-hour time slots and thus about 22½ minutes). Of course, most people just get around this by breaking them up into parts, and there are numerous illegally uploaded movies and TV shows on YouTube™ to this very day, despite the brazillion-dollar lawsuit from Viacom®). #2, to increase numbers of individual videos viewed (and thus potential ads displayed on Partner videos and search pages). Obviously, if they’re shorter, people can view more in the same time period. Time, also, is a resource. Just so you know, the reason for the 10-minute limit is not to save infrastructure costs (as you say, only the file size is relevant to that), but two-fold:

#1, to inhibit uploads of TV shows, movies, and other copyrighted material (TV shows are generally at least 11 minutes long for ¼-hour time slots [4 minutes for commercials], and of course most TV show episodes are at least ½-hour time slots and thus about 22½ minutes). Of course, most people just get around this by breaking them up into parts, and there are numerous illegally uploaded movies and TV shows on YouTube™ to this very day, despite the brazillion-dollar lawsuit from Viacom®).

#2, to increase numbers of individual videos viewed (and thus potential ads displayed on Partner videos and search pages). Obviously, if they’re shorter, people can view more in the same time period. Time, also, is a resource.

]]>