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Viacom signs a deal with Joost
Just two weeks after they ordered YouTube to take down thousands of videos, Viacom has reportedly struck a deal with another online video site, Joost. A huge point of the deal being that Joost claims to be able to provide copyright protection that YouTube could not for their video. While no financial details of the deal were disclosed you can be sure that Viacom is more than likely walking away with a pretty big chunk of ad revenue as well.Joost is a video site from the makers of Skype and KaZaa that mimics a television station more than a video sharing site. User created videos will not be shown on the site in order to make way for videos by Warner and now apparently Viacom. Last week the site announced the availability of a new Mac client and they have recently announced deals to show National Geographic documentaries, classic cartoons, films from IndieFlix, and much more.
Joost is still in private beta and is only available for invited beta testers. You can apply to be a Joost beta tester here. Beta accounts are currently pretty scarce. I applied almost a month ago and still haven't been granted clearance.
[via TechCrunch]
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Adam Semmel said 1:05PM on 2-20-2007
I could give u an invite if you like!
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Adam Semmel said 1:10PM on 2-20-2007
Oops, I'm sorry, apparently I have not gained enough tokens. This is the system they use to grant permission to send out invitations, and i have none. But I've been using Joost since before it was named Joost. It looks to be very promising, however at this time, the only thing I find interesting on it, is the Explora channel, which is all documentaries.
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Rid said 1:27PM on 2-20-2007
I must have been waiting for more than a month, pretty much gave up on that hope. Basically, the only chance is to hope to get an invite.
Speaking of invites, anyone offering? Anyone?
Ah well, not a shot.
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Jake said 3:23PM on 2-20-2007
hey, if the answer to Rid's question is yes, i've been looking for one for a while...and an invite would be very very much appreciated.
thedavis8905 at gmail.com
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Smotchberry said 8:31PM on 2-20-2007
Well I am more than willing to share two of my invites - send me an email over at gmail (just add @gmail at the end of my user name) to confirm that you haven't already gotten one - once I send them out I can't get them back! So I need to make sure they aren't wasted!
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neonez said 9:07PM on 2-21-2007
I would really like a joost invite. if anyone has any please send them to neonez at gmail.com
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Raja Rao Kamarsu said 1:14AM on 3-29-2007
Dear Sirs,
I am so much really intrested a joost invite. if anyone has any please send them to rajarao001@gmail.com
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Bhaskar Polisetty said 3:33AM on 3-30-2007
Dear Sir,
Please send me an Invitation for Joost. Wanted to Participate in the Great work.
Regards,
Bhaskar
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Dr. Ken said 3:55PM on 3-31-2007
Hi,
I would really appreciate an invitation for Joost. My email address is ayotte88@hotmail.com.
Thank you
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nagi reddy said 3:36AM on 4-07-2007
If somebody have Joost Invitation please invite me.
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nagi reddy said 7:09AM on 4-07-2007
If you have Joost invitation, please invite me.
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Chapawow said 6:18PM on 4-21-2007
I look for an invitation very hard, can yoiu help me by give me one.
Thanks very much
csshabs@hotmail.com
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avilaz said 5:40AM on 4-22-2007
i'm looking for joost invite for a while , some plz help me !
avilaz@hotmail.com
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asd said 11:15AM on 4-25-2007
yes it would be nice
andr4j@hotmail.com
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ray ohms said 6:35PM on 5-02-2007
pls send me one joost invite, i love to try it pls.
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jose said 9:30PM on 5-04-2007
Hi, I am an old fuddy duddy, and my best relaxtion is to play games on pc, you name it I have all platforms (except 360, ps3 and WII, but thinking about it)and surf the net. So would would like an invite and pass it along.
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sahir said 1:54PM on 5-08-2007
hey can any1 send me a invite 4 JOOST.pz
ma email id is sahir_15@yahoo.co.in
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Marku said 10:04AM on 5-14-2007
Can you send me an invitatin?
Thank you a lot!
Markus Holgersson
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