ZDNet is reporting that the video sharing site YouTube has cut a deal with MTV2 for rights to
distribute copyrighted video content, or at least selected short clips. That's a good sign, I suppose.
YouTube got a whole lot of VC money and if VC money is a legit way to start a Web2.0 biz, the video sharing sector
needs to find ways like this to get legit and make some deals with more traditional media.
The story linked
above implies that this is related to recent scandals involving Saturday Night Live and other mainstream media clips
posted to YouTube without permission. On one level it is related, but isn't there a pretty big difference between
letting fans do promo by sharing clips they like on one hand and seeding a system with corporate network selected clips
in this case?
