If there isn't a mutually satisfactory agreement, the path ahead for YouTube is unending lawsuits, while the studios seem to be preparing to launch their own video portal, which would be a disaster, too. A video portal of and by the studios will be about
Grouper.com, the online video-sharing company owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, has denied charges in a Universal Music Group lawsuit that accuses the company of allowing users to swap pirated music videos.
They’ve just rolled out ScreenBites, a channel that takes Sony’s famous film and TV content and makes it available in short clips. Around 100 clips from movies like Groundhog Day, A Few Good Men, Jerry Maguire and Big Daddy are included.
Sony is making part of its content library available on Grouper, so that people can link to it, or embed it in their blogs or Web sites (as I've done here.) Every time a clip is played, there's an opportunity to purchase the movie on DVD.
Sony bought a team and is betting that this team can build something with YouTube-like value. Vermutung das Geld mit internetvideos wird in der Kombination aus guten original Inhalten und dem User-Generated Content gemacht.
Sony Corp.'s entertainment unit said it had agreed to pay $65 million to buy Web video-watching site Grouper.com, marking the growing embrace of the user-generated video craze by big media.
Guba verkauft nun auch Filme von Sony. Dazu sind Preise von $20 für neuere und $10 für ältere angedacht. Sony wird 100 Filme bereitstellen. Die Filme werden über das MS DRM geschützt. Warner hat 200 Filme für Guba
