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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2-20-2007 @ 1:05PM
Adam Semmel said...
I could give u an invite if you like!
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2-20-2007 @ 1:10PM
Adam Semmel said...
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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2-20-2007 @ 1:27PM
Rid said...
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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2-20-2007 @ 3:23PM
Jake said...
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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2-20-2007 @ 8:31PM
Smotchberry said...
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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2-21-2007 @ 9:07PM
neonez said...
I would really like a joost invite. if anyone has any please send them to neonez at gmail.com
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3-29-2007 @ 1:14AM
Raja Rao Kamarsu said...
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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3-30-2007 @ 3:33AM
Bhaskar Polisetty said...
Dear Sir,
Please send me an Invitation for Joost. Wanted to Participate in the Great work.
Regards,
Bhaskar
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3-31-2007 @ 3:55PM
Dr. Ken said...
Hi,
I would really appreciate an invitation for Joost. My email address is ayotte88@hotmail.com.
Thank you
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4-07-2007 @ 3:36AM
nagi reddy said...
If somebody have Joost Invitation please invite me.
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4-07-2007 @ 7:09AM
nagi reddy said...
If you have Joost invitation, please invite me.
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4-21-2007 @ 6:18PM
Chapawow said...
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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4-22-2007 @ 5:40AM
avilaz said...
i'm looking for joost invite for a while , some plz help me !
avilaz@hotmail.com
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4-25-2007 @ 11:15AM
asd said...
yes it would be nice
andr4j@hotmail.com
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5-02-2007 @ 6:35PM
ray ohms said...
pls send me one joost invite, i love to try it pls.
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5-04-2007 @ 9:30PM
jose said...
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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5-08-2007 @ 1:54PM
sahir said...
hey can any1 send me a invite 4 JOOST.pz
ma email id is sahir_15@yahoo.co.in
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5-14-2007 @ 10:04AM
Marku said...
Can you send me an invitatin?
Thank you a lot!
Markus Holgersson
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