YouTube was founded by PayPal and is now run by Google. No, not really, but three guys who used to work for PayPal started YouTube so the whole world could broadcast videos of absolutely everything to the rest of the whole world.
YouTube uses Adobe (who doesn't?) Flash video to show videos uploaded by users. Users can upload anything but preferrably not porn or violence and definitely not copyrighted stuff. Naturally things slip through but its still pretty cool, and it became so popular Google bought out the founding fathers. In my highschool day you were nothing without a Rubik's Cube. Now you're nothing without a viral video on YouTube.
This free service makes YouTube and Google about a billion dollars worth of revenue and has made the corporation big-dog enough to form partnerships with Sony and Warner and others. YouTube is even being sued by Viacom for copyright infringement- and thats when you know you've made it!
About Me
- mistyrisky
- I am the Mommy of a very active six year old boy who loves Playstation2 and WWE (not Wii, I am talking about World Wrestling Entertainment). My husband is a Senior Forest Ranger for the State of Florida and conveniently works right across the street. Currently. we have two dogs, a Lab and a Weim. Honestly, the Weim is not very smart, but he is pretty.
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