Richard Giles

As mentioned previously, I’m spending all my Time on Scouta these days.

Today I wrote a blog post that I think is fairly important.

YouTube is heading toward creating a model for copyright owners to earn revenue from YouTube. It’s an awesome move, and I think is going to really make a huge difference to the online video world. I realise that others currently share revenue, but we are talking about a market YouTube dominates.

My question, which I think is important, is if YouTube will share revenue with those people referring to the videos. So if you embed a video on your site, shouldn’t you share a little of the money they make from advertising. In a way, it’s a lot like adsense.

Anyway, check out the post, Will YouTube Share Revenue For Referral? over at the Scouta blog, and if you’re a regular or subscriber to Clique, it might be worth subscribing over there if you enjoy more commentary. I’ll be posting there regularly now we’ve made public a little about what Scouta is.

Blog posts to Clique aren’t happening often these days, because–as most of you will know–I’m focusing on launching Scouta.

Yesterday we announced a little more about the web service. Dropping more than a little hint. We’re rapidly approaching release, so you’ll start to hear a lot more. If you’re interested, subscribe to the Scouta blog where I will be more active from now on, or add your email to the Scouta private beta list, and we’ll see about a login in the next few weeks.