Apparently when YouTube's big content partners are
offered the choice between pulling copyrighted content that a member
has uploaded, or serving adverts on
it, 90% of the time they choose to keep it up with adverts - ie they prefer to profit from that 'infringing' content than act against it.
With this in mind, the AP news report
MySpace has signed a deal with Viacom to let members repost Comedy
Central and MTV Networks video, such as The Daily Show (below) and
share the ad revenues with MySpace.
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quality='high' bgcolor='#cccccc' width='332' height='316'
name='comedy_central_player' align='middle' allowScriptAccess='always'
allownetworking='external' type='application/x-shockwave-flash'
pluginspage='http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer'></embed>{/htmlfix}
In case anyone thinks this news story was largely an excuse to post a Daily Show clip, well, after a near year mesmerised by The Huff,
poll trackers, election blogs, middle of the night primary counts and
presidential debates for an election I can't even vote in, with a final 24-hours of breath-holding, I can only answer with this cheese-fest from Ultimate Improv:
For those wanting to watch the results online, the Guardian has a good list of links and an excellent roundup of some of the key TV moments, cut and tracked by YouTube users.