Just a wee bit ironic that YouTube would send a cease & desist letter to the tech news site, TechCrunch (that was an early promoter of their service) because there were concerns that TechCrunch was infringing YouTube’s copyright by promoting a tool that allowed people to download YouTube videos directly. (This is something TechCrunch feels is allowable under YouTube’s Terms of Service by the way.) The comments in the link above are worth reading as well as the main story. Some speculate that allowing people to download videos directly is how YouTube plans to monetize now that they’re part of Google which is why they’re so active in pursuing this “infringement.”
- JH