Some YouTube Clips Now Featuring Ads

New York Times:

After years of regarding pirated video on YouTube as a threat, some major media companies are having a change of heart, treating it instead as an advertising opportunity.

In the last few months, CBS, Universal Music, Lionsgate, Electronic Arts and other companies have stopped prodding YouTube to remove unauthorized clips of their movies, music videos and other content and started selling advertising against them.

Read the whole story: New York Times

Comments

[kulenski]

the reason i watch videos online is because there isn't any ad in them!!!

[anchises868]

It's a good compromise, though. You get to see your content, but the owners of the material get some sort of compensation out of it. A little bit of advertising is a small price to pay, I think.

[arunachala]

this was inevitable