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by rogeriopvl 5766 days ago
Yeah, but youtube doesn't charge you to watch the videos...
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jcl 5765 days ago
And Scribd doesn't charge you to read the documents. And for some of their videos, YouTube allows you to download them for a fee.

http://help.youtube.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?hl=en&...

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rmc 5765 days ago
YouTube has ads on videos. It's the same as a TV station airing a pirated DVD and selling the ads
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blasdel 5765 days ago
Youtube goes to a great deal of trouble to only have ads on verified content.
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mambodog 5766 days ago
YouTube is still monetised by advertising... still making profit, though I guess its more upfront.
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