Henry Blodget points to a Vidmeter study that analyzes YouTube takedowns. The finding? Viacom content represents a very small percentage of overall content and video streaming, confirming the view that YouTube is really about user-generated content, not clips from mainstream media.
Putting Viacom – YouTube in Perspective
April 3, 2007
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Thanks for this link. Reliable numbers about YouTube are so hard to find.
Viacom vs you …tube
I invite you to send the following message to Viacom press@viacom.com and to convince friends to do the same:
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