10min limit on Youtube, while unlimited time on the now defunked
Google Video. Explains why there were even entire foreign movies
posted on Google Video.

Isn't it interesting how high capacity system would "naturally" be
used to share commercial material? Even Justin.tv as a live streaming
service has been used to illegally relay live sporting events from TV.


Kevin Lim
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On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 9:07 AM, Jay dedman <jay.ded...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 7:48 AM, Matthew Milam <mmila...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I think the problem with videos more than 10 minutes is that alot of
>> people, especially videobloggers who simply talk, get bored after awhile.
>
> Back in the day,Youtube instituted the 10 minute policy for several reasons.
> yes, Im sure they rationalized that a 30 minute video of someone
> talking could be boring.
> But more importantly...it prohibited people from posting entire
> Simpson episodes (22 minutes long).
> There was a time when this was their biggest problem.
>
> Jay
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