With its $1.65 billion purchase of YouTube, Google takes the lead in Internet video--and could be taking on a host of copyright troubles.

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With YouTube, Google puts its competitors in a jam

news analysis Build off what they have, or buy a second-tier site? For Microsoft and Yahoo, there's no easy way to make the Internet video market a horse race.
October 10, 2006

Google makes video play with YouTube buy

YouTube will operate independently and the companies will work together on building new features.
October 9, 2006

Google-YouTube and the value of social computing

commentary Yes, there are some very real copyright challenges. But this deal is a harbinger of the impending social-video Web.
October 10, 2006

YouTube may add to Google's copyright worries

Popular video-sharing site already faces legal heat. Will its acquisition make Google a high-profile lawsuit target?
October 9, 2006

OK, so Eric Schmidt is a moron

perspective CNET News.com's Charles Cooper writes that Google's $1.65 billion deal for YouTube puts Mark Cuban in the position of soothsayer.
October 9, 2006

Internet deals of the damned

More often than not, big Internet acquisitions turn out to be disappointments, or at least a bit ahead of their time.
October 9, 2006

Video site buying spree in the offing?

Some observers wonder if more deals will follow Google's acquisition of YouTube.
October 9, 2006

Original YouTubers rule on YouTube

blog YouTube's co-founders and their informal, fuzzy-looking video about the Google takeover is ruling YouTube today--at least, traffic-wise.
October 10, 2006

YouTube, your copyright and Google

blog Those intrepid mavens at Google clearly think, or hope, they can deal with one realm of uncertainty: What about copyrighted material?
October 9, 2006

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YouTube cuts three content deals

Universal, Sony BMG and CBS have joined Warner in offering the legal use of their content for YouTube videos.
October 9, 2006

Analysts don't like YouTube's chances

Forrester argues that while YouTube may have media companies' attention, one copyright lawsuit could undo it all.
October 2, 2006

Sony gets into video sharing with Grouper hug

The entertainment giant's Hollywood studio pays $65 million for Grouper, a lesser light than the boffo YouTube.
August 22, 2006