Comments for: Google to buy YouTube for $1.65 billion

#27. Posted at 05:36 PM on Oct 10th 2006

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Saeghwin

It's times like these I wish I owned like 10 different companies and could play the economy like a game of chess with myself.

#26. Posted at 05:28 PM on Oct 10th 2006

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ripfire

Told you rumors like these are usually true.

So now that Google has YouTube, and partnered up with DivX, I wonder what Google is up to?

#23. Posted at 02:45 PM on Oct 10th 2006

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Arkham

I vote for "GooTube".

#21. Posted at 03:23 AM on Oct 10th 2006

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totoro

Don't feed the trolls.

#2. Posted at 04:33 PM on Oct 9th 2006

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Shintai

1.65billion? 60 people, no tech. Just a good current idea. I think I can smell a new dotcom bubble coming.

#2, this is as much about marketshare and name recognition as an... : Stranger (#4) «

#2, It's $1.65B in stock. If Google tanks tomorrow then the effe... : UberGerbil (#6) «

#6, the chances of google tanking tomorrow are probabbly clos... : lethal (#10) «

#6, I'd be selling a good part of it anyway after a couple of... : muyuubyou (#12) «

#2, The idea wasn't even that good. This thing lives basically o... : muyuubyou (#16) «

#16, If you want to see something bad just look at google's ma... : Furen (#18) «

#3. Posted at 04:34 PM on Oct 9th 2006

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Stranger

This will put Google in a good position if they want to challenge apple in the for money downloads area if they pursue that.

#3, More likely Google and Apple are working together and YouTub... : Gandhi (#11) «

#11, Woohoo! Way to find a way to bring MS into the picture AN... : Kharnellius (#17) «

#14. Posted at 09:37 PM on Oct 9th 2006

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Spotpuff

I smell lawsuit.

#1. Posted at 04:32 PM on Oct 9th 2006

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Forge

$1.65b/60 = many happy happy rich YouTubers. I'd certainly retire.

#1, As nice as that would be, I doubt they all get the same shar... : orthogonal (#8) «

#8, They still probably have to pay legal fees and stuff for ... : Krogoth (#9) «

#7. Posted at 05:28 PM on Oct 9th 2006

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DreadCthulhu

I wonder if Google can use their voodoo search skillz to figure out how to filter out stuff posted by people who lack the proper copyright to post those videos - the MPAA & RIAA can't be all that happy at the amount of copyright violation going on at Youtube.

#5. Posted at 04:51 PM on Oct 9th 2006, Edited at 04:51 PM on Oct 9th 2006

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ludi

Google is buying a huge amount of potential market with this purchase, so that accounts for some of the price, but even so...it makes a person wonder if Google saw another potential YouTube suitor at the diamond shop, got edgy, and then decided to throw out a number so big that YouTube couldn't possibly refuse.