YouTube Google Video & LimeWire

YouTube founded by Chad Hurley,, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim (former employees of PayPal) on February 15, 2005 free uploads, view videos, rate, comment easy to browse for videos; provides an efficient sorting process user-friendly community bought by Google on November 13, 2006 (therefore, it gains access to Google Video) business model: advertisement and investments from other companies one of the fastest growing websites YouTube will reward contributors by paying them (announced on January 29, 2007, amount not specified) 41% of the online video market (according to a poll in December of 2006)

Google Video launched on January 2005; it only provided texts not until April 2005 did Google begin to accept users submitted videos cannot overtake YouTube because YouTube is known as an online video website while Google Video is known for "search engine" have access to YouTube's clips free uploads, view videos, rate, comment provides a free downloadable video player that plays downloaded google clips business model: advertisements provides daily views 100 MB limit; premium service can be requested 10% of the online video market (according to a poll in December 2006; 51% Google + YouTube)

LimeWire created in August 2000 by Lime Wire LLC a recent poll shows that LimeWire has been download to 2% of the computers in the world peer-to-peer sharing client; LimeWire is a free software that uses the Gnutella network to locate and transfer files between computers has spawned copyright lawsuits that caused Lime Wire LLC to consider stopping distribution of LimeWire in 2005 offers a basic version for free and an enhanced version for $18.88 business model: offering LimeWire PRO in August of 2006, the RIAA sued LimeWire for profiting from illegal downloads