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Re:The story of my startup (and the Google/YouTube API trap) by ethikal on Monday December 28, 2009 @06:57PM (#1019705)
This really stinks of something. The author is a bit sensationalist. We are also clearly missing Google's part of the story.
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Re:The story of my startup (and the Google/YouTube API trap) by GoboGobo on Tuesday December 29, 2009 @06:00AM (#1020337)
The author thought to replicate Youtube for a specific audience. First with his own content, that didn't work too well. Luckily enough, Youtube created an API to get specific content.

So now the author had the same business model as Youtube, except aimed at a specific part of their audience, and he was using their content, not paying them a dime, and wants to make money off it.

The story makes perfect sense. For Google.

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