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DailyMotion coming to the US (isn't it already here?)
Video-sharing site DailyMotion is making a major push in the United States. Like pretty much anything else on the internet, it's not exactly off limits to US users right now, but the bulk of the site's audience is currently in France, where the company is located.So what do these big new plans for US domination entail? The company plans to offer professional video along with user-generated content, include contextual advertising, and reward the top content producers with cash.
We can expect to hear announcements of partnerships with content producers soon. And it wouldn't be surprising to see some MTV and VH1 content soon, since it looks like a number of folks on the programming team have backgrounds working for those music networks.
Of course, a US push also means something else: US lawsuits. One of the reasons DailyMotion is relatively popular in the states is that it's easy to find copyright-infringing content. DailyMotion is crawling with full length feature films and television programs. It'll be interesting to see if the site takes steps to reduce the number of illegally uploaded clips -- and if it can make headway in the US market without those clips.
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kaos said 7:15PM on 7-11-2007
Dailymotion has almost overnight deleted tons of videos with a blanket excuse that they violated policy. Some of these videos were fully clothed people dancing.
have a look.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEbOLGpgTyI
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kaos said 7:15PM on 7-11-2007
Dailymotion has almost overnight deleted tons of videos with a blanket excuse that they violated policy. Some of these videos were fully clothed people dancing.
have a look.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEbOLGpgTyI
Reply