Comments on: Sony buys Grouper

By: chosaq » On YouTube JP and the Japanese entertainment biz

chosaq » On YouTube JP and the Japanese entertainment biz — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 00:43:19 +0000

[...] is also an option if you want a piece of the video sharing cake; you don’t have to buy or create a complete video sharing site for [...]

By: chosaq » Sony’s eyeVio failing to gain traction?

chosaq » Sony’s eyeVio failing to gain traction? — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 02:51:15 +0000

[...] so far. Not quite a success, and dwarfed by the views on the Grouper.com media sharing site Sony bought a while ago. Alexa’s daily pageviews numbers (partial as they are) seem to confirm this [...]

By: chosaq » Google buying lawsuit, YouTube music video deal and Universal sueing Grouper

Wed, 18 Oct 2006 05:21:33 +0000

[...] The EFF’s Derek Slater also brings the news that YouTube has deals with Sony BMG, Universal, and Warner Music, allowing users to “freely remix and share popular sound recordings from those major record labels’ catalogs.” That is excellent news, and Derek asks himself if this might be a step towards blanket licensing for P2P. Derek also reports — and this is an interesting twist — that at the same time Universal is sueing video sharing sites Grouper and Bolt.com for hosting copyrighted music video uploads. Noteworthy detail: Grouper was recently acquired by Sony. [...]