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Google to launch YouTube for Schools
Google is launching a YouTube for Schools service to make educationally relevant videos available for use in school. It's a great idea, but for it to actually be used in schools, many districts around the country will have to modify their filters to allow teachers to access at least this portion of You Tube. Most schools have some type of filters in place designed to block inappropriate material, and it's common for these filters to also block social media, including all of Facebook, MySpace and YouTube movies.
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YouTube - testing a new look
It appears that YouTube is getting a facelift. And Google+ might be a big part of the new look. The changes, which are not in effect for most of the site's millions of users, appear to prominently integrate Google's social networking site, Google+, with YouTube (which is also owned by Google). It's not unusual for Google to test new features by rolling them out to a handful of users. And a YouTube video refresh would make sense, after recent touchups to Google Reader and Gmail.
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You Tube Deal with Music Publishers
The arrangement allows the use of copyrighted materials on YouTube video website, and Google will pay the royalties. When Google picked up You Tube in 2006, they received a lot of flack. Yes, YouTube had a lot of potential, but Google had paid a massive sum ($1.65 billion) and You Tube was pulling in very little revenue. Plus, thanks to pirated and copyrighted content, Utube was seen as a liability. The YouTube video music publishers seem pleased with the arrangement.
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We are a You Tube nation
Seventy-one percent of U.S. adults used video-sharing sites like YouTube and Vimeo in May, according to a new Pew report, compared to 66 percent a year earlier. Also interesting is the percentage of users who told researchers that they stopped by such a site yesterday, which grew to 28 percent. In other words, more than a quarter of us go to You Tube and its competitors on any given day.
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Lady Gaga's YouTube account is suspended
Even one of online video's biggest stars is not immune to copyright claims. Lady Gaga's YouTube account was suspended. A notice said the suspension was due to "multiple or severe violations of YouTube's copyright policy". Google-owned You Tube declined to comment. Reports have suggested that the infringing Utube video was a recently uploaded video clip of Lady Gaga's performance on Fuji TV. The singer's publicist and record label were not available for comment.
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