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by talamasca 4286 days ago
YouTube is a registered trademark of Google Inc.

I'm afraid, you could? run into legal issues by using the word "YouTube" in your domain name.

http://www.google.com/permissions/trademark/rules.html

1 comments

I'm sure I've read something in the ICANN rules that says domains containing a trademark can be petitioned against (although that may only be for exact wording). If they can do it, Google aren't exercising the right to it as there are other domains that have been around longer.