BBC News: YouTubers to get ad money share
It was bound to happen at some point that Youtube would have to start pay those people that make the site what it is today – the video makers. Although to be honest the success has mostly been off the back of material that infringes copyright rather than the truly user-generated stuff.
But with other video sharing sites such as MetaCafe and Revver already having business models that reward the creators of well viewed movies then YouTube had to do the same or risk losing their number one spot.
