Cuban: Only a "moron" would buy YouTube

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Cuban: Only a "moron" would buy YouTube

1st Oct 2006, 03:24 GMT

Filed under: Trends, Business, Web, Online Mark Cuban, co-founder of HDNet and owner of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks, said that only a "moron" would purchase YouTube. His reasoning being that it will only be a matter of time that YouTube will be "sued into oblivion." He also had choice words for viral marketing campaigns saying they don't work because "what makes viral so special is it's so hard to do. It's so hard to plan. It's hard to stand out." He also says there is no substantial advertising potential in sites like YouTube. I like Mark Cuban but this is a little harsh and I have to disagree with him on some points. YouTube will have to reckon with copyright law at some point and it is going to very ugly but they can survive it. YouTube is not just about copyrighted content, I'd say 50% of what is on the site is truly user generated. There is tremendous advertising potential in Youtube. It might not be right now but it can be. What if they decided to sell ads based on keywords or tags? They would have a mini-Google. It is too early in the game to dismiss them. Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

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