Mark Cuban on YouTube & 'Morons'YouTube Just 'Aunt Jenny watching her niece tap dance...' ( old news - 09:59AM Friday Sep 29 2006) tags: Video · competition · Op/Ed · contentThere's no doubt that the financial numbers behind YouTube (and in fact most "Bubble 2.0" chatter) are inflated far outside the boundries of reality by the Internet's gossip hens. Particularly inflated have been the YouTube purchase numbers. Mark Cuban, who recently called broadband "old news", and believes broadband indie on-line video will never take off, says you'd have to be a "moron" to buy the on-line video portal. "They are just breaking the law," Cuban told a group of advertisers in New York. "The only reason it hasn't been sued yet is because there is nobody with big money to sue." "User-generated content is not going away," says Cuban. "But do you want your advertising dollars spent on a video of Aunt Jenny watching her niece tap dance?"Is that serious business insight, or is it fear? Hoping to strike lucrative HDNet deals with the MSOs, Cuban has been a vocal cable industry mouthpiece. He was sharply criticized for recent blog commentary that laughed at the concept of an open Internet. In it, he compared the Internet to a traffic clogged Los Angeles freeway, and suggested the incumbent two-tier approach would create a speedy "HOV lane." (Note this is the exact same misleading analogy used in a recently pulled industry PR cartoon) At the Intel Developer Forum this week, Intel CEO Paul Otellini stated that the inevitable next step for YouTube will be to distribute content in high definition. While YouTube may have a rocky future legally, in Cuban's mind YouTube and other independent video outlets are only headed for disaster because he wants them to be. Pic courtesy of Chris Foley.
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rit56
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rachelsfx
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| Re: Mavericks Why sue YouTube? The quality isn't great BUT it has allowed millions to communicate and rate videos.
The real problem is people are loathe to pay for lousy encoded content. MP3s should be at 256 bit rate and WMA's should be a 192 (64 is ridiculous). I don't even connect to the Net when copying CDs to put the 18 songs that I would listen to in the car, which avoids most DRM crap in the first place. (MP3 players I've used, including iPod, could handle my abuse and it is asinine to watch video on a 2 1/2 inch screen).
DVD downloads in lousy quality for 19.99? It should be a $3.99 or maybe 9.99 (with a burn option). Otherwise, buying used DVDs for 3 for $20 or 4 $20-25 is far better at Blockbuster.
YouTube could just make sure a link to buy the CD or video appears and make money. Cuban, a bad cigar, is just jealous his whacky theory has panned, period. | |
| nucci6
join:2004-12-13
State College, PA
| Controlling Jerk.... User generated content may not be as slick as a commercial production but it gives the average (and not so average) joe a springboard and opportunity.
Cat Head Theater (look it up on YouTube) may not be prime time viewing but the mark Cuban's of the world want to deny us the opportunity. | |
| chemaupr
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| Really? Only a moron will miss the opportunity! I agree that the price (based on analyst) is inflated. However, YouTube has capture a great audience and loyal users. With the right idea they could began delivering “legit” content for free add revenue driven or offer ppv downloads…
I mean the BRAND has been created who will not want that BRAND. | |
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Mark you total arrogant a$$hole. So what if a proud Aunt wants to share the pride she has in her niece's tap dancing. There are a host of others out there that would enjoy watching such things and would share the pride they have in the children of their families.
YouTude gives an outlet to all kinds of people to express themselves in all kinds of ways. There used to be local access shows on cable, some of these shows where quiet interesting but dingle balls like you, Cuban killed all of them off. Heaven save us from Dot-Com shi'a heads.
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| Re: Big chief Sack-ah-ja-crappa I wonder whos suck he cocked to get that stack of notes in his pocket sticking out like he's showing off what a suck cocker he really is...
Or likething some that...
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| Cuban more and more becomes... ... a real, whining loser asshole. He used to be the guy who spoke out against the loser, dying RIAA and its corruption-based legal influence and I always said finally, somebody is speaking.
But recently Cuban increasingly became the classic out-of-touch rich idiot who really thinks he knows everything better - somebody needs to tell him that the fact he was able to fool a truly moronic Yahoo! to buy his soon-to-be worthless Broadcast.com for $5B+ worth of stocks during the peak of the dotcom heydays simply means he was lucky to be in a good position at good time... | |
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| Clogged highway vs clogged tubes Did this idiot Cuban realize at all he managed to sink himself down t othe level of Sen. Ted "Bridge To Nowhere" "Series of Clogged Tubes" Stevens, the clown of the Senate?
(Sssshhhh, I feel so ashamed of this retarded, corrupt old fart in a public position... and his circus always gets out to the intn'l press... ouch...) | |
| Primis1
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| Well... ...considering he made his money in this sort of realm, and else nobody here can claim the same, I'd say he has a lot more cred than anyone else here in commenting on the market and economic reality of ventures like YouTube, whether anyone likes it or not
He's right, in that YouTube would need a much more-solid plan in order to justify its value to anyone. They exist in a grey area that will (and should) scare some potential suitors off -- the most popular things on YouTube are usually illegal and unauthorized for them to even have. If you ripped those away, their model no longer makes sense. And that's not an unlikely scenario necessarily. | |
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| Re: Well... said by Primis1  :...considering he made his money in this sort of realm, and else nobody here can claim the same, I'd say he has a lot more cred than anyone else here in commenting on the market and economic reality of ventures like YouTube, whether anyone likes it or not Considering he made his money in a completely different era and business I'd call it a fairly ignorant but flatering comment...
He's right, in that YouTube would need a much more-solid plan in order to justify its value to anyone. They exist in a grey area that will (and should) scare some potential suitors off -- the most popular things on YouTube are usually illegal and unauthorized for them to even have. If you ripped those away, their model no longer makes sense. And that's not an unlikely scenario necessarily.
Of course it's BS - if somebody wants to sue YT nothing holds him back - studios have more than enough money to do it. YT has very little money to fight back in our retarded, money-based legal system.
The fact is that YT is an excellent promotional tool for them and obviously they want to turn it to a revenue source - most likely Cuban is simply bitter because he's out of this business with HDNet on YouTube... | |
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| Re: Well... said by kamm :said by Primis1 :...considering he made his money in this sort of realm, and else nobody here can claim the same, I'd say he has a lot more cred than anyone else here in commenting on the market and economic reality of ventures like YouTube, whether anyone likes it or not Considering he made his money in a completely different era and business I'd call it a fairly ignorant but flatering comment... He's right, in that YouTube would need a much more-solid plan in order to justify its value to anyone. They exist in a grey area that will (and should) scare some potential suitors off -- the most popular things on YouTube are usually illegal and unauthorized for them to even have. If you ripped those away, their model no longer makes sense. And that's not an unlikely scenario necessarily.
Of course it's BS - if somebody wants to sue YT nothing holds him back - studios have more than enough money to do it. YT has very little money to fight back in our retarded, money-based legal system. The fact is that YT is an excellent promotional tool for them and obviously they want to turn it to a revenue source - most likely Cuban is simply bitter because he's out of this business with HDNet on YouTube... Yea, just like P2P is a excellent promotional tool, but look at all the companies suing the hell out of it. The difference here is that YouTube is a site that can be shut down at any time. There is no money in it for companies to sue and shut it down. Its just a matter of time until a company goes after them. Their best bet is to wait until someone with deep pockets buys into the site and then the lawsuits will come.
As for him making his money in a different era and business, I would say thats not accurate. It was in the internet in broadcast.com which is pretty damn close to what YouTube is into (internet broadcasts....DUH). Different era for sure! Broadcast.com would never sell for as much today as it did when he sold it. The key for a good businessman is to strike when the iron is hot. He did what he needed to do to make him hundreds of millions of dollars.
Give the man a little credit.
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| said by Primis1 :...considering he made his money in this sort of realm, and else nobody here can claim the same, I'd say he has a lot more cred than anyone else here in commenting on the market and economic reality of ventures like YouTube, whether anyone likes it or not He's right, in that YouTube would need a much more-solid plan in order to justify its value to anyone. They exist in a grey area that will (and should) scare some potential suitors off -- the most popular things on YouTube are usually illegal and unauthorized for them to even have. If you ripped those away, their model no longer makes sense. And that's not an unlikely scenario necessarily. I have to agree. After you get through the first 6 posts of all anti-cuban or attacks on the man, we get to the first real thought out post.
Cuban has a point here. A lot of the videos I have seen on YouTube are unauthorized for sure. That isn't to say that there are legit things on there, but someone isn't going to invest that much on a site that can be sued at any time. The only reason why it hasn't been sued is because there is no money in companies for them. If someone invests money in them, then they will get sued like crazy. You can take that to the bank for sure. 
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| | Plldwnyrpnts
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| Youtube is a disaster waiting to happen. It's usefulness is limited to providing free hosting of BS videos of which only a handful of people will watch.
If Youtube adds a PPV portion, then and only then will they be a money making machine. As it stands right now, NOPE! | |
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| YouTube is over-valued. No doubt. And there's no clear proof they're able to make a profit.
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He's right, in that YouTube would need a much more-solid plan in order to justify its value to anyone.
But he's not just saying that. He's traditionally stated on-line indie broadband video will fail no matter what. That includes Apple, Google, Youtube, whomever. His opinion is that if you don't partner with the cable industry, you will fail.
And as far as business models working, it doesn't need to in order to erode Cuban's - or say Time Warner Cable's customer base. Because YouTube isn't a massive money maker means it won't erode traditional video customers as the sector blooms?
Assume YouTube gets sued and survives. They fight a convoluted DMCA battle and lose, they still can offer indie content (which hopefully improves) and content from outfits like the Daily Show that don't mind rebroadcast.
Assume YouTube gets sued and dies. A thousand replacements spring up, many offshore and out of the reach of Cuban's lawyers.
Either way the traditional video model is in trouble. Indie producers will become big-time producers, and customers will drift away from traditional TV if the content is there.
Maybe not today, but in a few years as the pipes widen, watch out. Cuban knows this, but is doing a gloom and doom tap-dance to scare off serious investors and advertisers from rival video solutions. | |
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| Re: Well... said by Karl Bode :Either way the traditional video model is in trouble. Indie producers will become big-time producers, and customers will drift away from traditional TV if the content is there. Aside from pure conjecture and speculation, has there been ANY evidence to back this up, Karl? What exactly is going to spark this great shift, and move people to it?
OnDemand and DVR's seem to be pretty popular with people and I don't see any crying out for a shift away from it. And your cablecos and dish providers are well in control of those already. These things have already given the end user more control over what they watch and when.
Nor do I see people spending hours and hours on YouTube -- they digets things in bite-sized 5-minute increments usually. There's really nothing stopping a cableco from offering their own YouTube-ish servcie through OnDemand, which then renders anything else irrelevant.
It seems like a pretty poor plan if you're banking on everything panning out just so, because there's simply no evidence anyone does really want it... | |
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Aside from pure conjecture and speculation, has there been ANY evidence to back this up, Karl?
I'm working on a time-machine to show the doubters what the future looks like, but there's some hangups with the flux capacitor.
Who can deny that broadband video poses a future threat to a closed broadcast network and traditional TV other than myopic cable industry insiders? Are you kidding?
Mountains of bandwidth and millions of broadband users? It doesn't take a prophet to figure out the traditional distribution methods will have their hands full. quote:
OnDemand and DVR's seem to be pretty popular with people and I don't see any crying out for a shift away from it.
Yes. Right now when the vast majority of Americans have 3Mbps or connections (or none), and some 45% still like dial-up....which is also the reason YouTube is only offering "bite sized" video.
This is much, much bigger than YouTube.
Are we really this incapable of seeing the big picture here and looking down the road five years? | |
| | | Plldwnyrpnts
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2 edits | said by Karl Bode
Either way the traditional video model is in trouble. Indie producers will become big-time producers, and customers will drift away from traditional TV if the content is there.
Maybe not today, but in a few years as the pipes widen, watch out. Cuban knows this, but is doing a gloom and doom tap-dance to scare off serious investors and advertisers from rival video solutions.
Correct. The traditional video model is in trouble. But I don't think indie producers will be enough to woo the masses.
Society still appears to be in sheep mode. "Tell me what, when and why, and I will." Those who choose to have their content on demand are the thinkers, movers and shakers. Is society moving in that direction? Is that going to become the norm? Can it be made the norm? I surely can't answer that.
Indie production is always such a hit and miss with the hitters going corporate as the flaunted money rules all. | |
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| said by Karl Bode :But he's not just saying that. He's traditionally stated on-line indie broadband video will fail no matter what. That includes Apple, Google, Youtube, whomever. His opinion is that if you don't partner with the cable industry, you will fail. Therein lies the rub. While I'll admit that this man makes quite a bit more money than I do (and his financial advice therefore carries more weight), I chafe at his seeming insistence that if media is not created by "the establishment"- and, of course, carried to us through his "pipes"- then it has no inherent worth or use and should be disregarded. It smacks of the same arrogance that media moguls show when dismissing blogs. I remember one person going so far as to insist that only "veteran reporters" (such as himself) should be allowed to express their opinion to the masses.
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| Plldwnyrpnts
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2 edits | Who's paying who what? OOPS! I click a link and read some net neutrality stuff and went off on a tangent. But I'll leave this here just for the sake of......leaving it here.
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The ISPs seem to want to spread misinformation about who is paying for what when it comes to the net. They claim the Googles, Yahoos and whoever else are not paying their fair share.
In reality, EVERYONE is paying for the internet. I pay to access whatever I access (porn). The content providers pay for access to supply the content. You can't be on the net if your NOT PAYING FOR IT!
If the ISPs feel the content providers are using too much bandwidth, they should rethink their methods for charging for internet access. The only way I can see an ISP making a mistake in regards to a contract for access to the internet is by giving the user unlimited bandwidth. And I'm pretty sure that doesn't happen too often unless you're really trying to build a customer base and break even.
Eh... Smurf'em!
The only thing I see is greed! ISP 1 gets charged by ISP 2 for bandwdth usage and in return ISP 2 pays ISP 1 for whatever it uses. The money goes in a big ole circle! They're just trying to put icing on the round cake. | |
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| Funny how the little guy never gets credit Bubble 2.0? Funny how everyone is hyping the new buzzword. But it's sad that once again the only people getting press are the well known internet celebrities. Nothing new offline or online. Just gets old. Many people have been talking about "Bubble 2.0" long before Mark Cuban or even myself. Doesn't mean it wouldn't be nice to see the little guy get acknowledged everyone once in awhile. Oh wait that is right it was me having the Bubble 2.0 debate with Michael Arrington in Seattle this summer. But I guess those that aren't millionaires, billionaires, talking about the latest hyped product / website or in general just making our focus on this daily. I guess we deserve no recognition ever.
Ok rant over. Next Bubble 2.0 article please. This term and everyone jumping on the bandwagon is almost like the whole Podcasting thing. Half the people don't even understand it. But feel so hip using all the neat buzzwords.
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| Re: Funny how the little guy never gets credit quote:
Doesn't mean it wouldn't be nice to see the little guy get acknowledged everyone once in awhile. Oh wait that is right it was me having the Bubble 2.0 debate with Michael Arrington in Seattle this summer. But I guess those that aren't millionaires, billionaires, talking about the latest hyped product / website or in general just making our focus on this daily. I guess we deserve no recognition ever.
Who are you? And why do you deserve credit for simply mocking the Web 2.0 meme? | |
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| Cuban's Argument Has Merit The concern over lawsuits is a legitimate one. It only took a few lawsuits to sink Napster the first time. Further litigation resulted in the US Supreme Court ruling that Internet services which facilitated copyright infringement were in fact, guilty of some of that infringement themselves.
YouTube is doing the right thing by licensing copyrighted content, but all it will take to sink them is just one pissed off rich copyright holder who can lawyer them to death to knock them down a few pegs.
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| Guess I am the moron for using YouTube Mark is a money man and self centered. To him any business that don't have money potential, is not worth having around.
Nevermind the fact that allot of people enjoy using YouTube. I have found some interesting, funny stuff on there. Then again I must be the moron for even using it. | |
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| Why don't take the most out of it? I agreed with him in some aspects but his motivation was obvious. Yes, a lot of clips in YT are illegal but I enjoy others staffs in there too. What’s my take? I will keep enjoy using YT until it’s no longer there. Let head to YT.  | |
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richardpor
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| Napster Redux You tube is the same fallacy as Napster: Creating a quasi business model biased on allowing other to share content without creating revenue for the business. It is a throw back to the fallacies of the dot com con bubble.
An amusing piece of info I caught wind that it not just big music corporation are in a tizzy over You Tube but some small pimp owners of fetish sites are angry about paid content shown up on You Tube.
Now excuse me I need to get back searching for more Anthrocon videos. | |
| GhostDoggy
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| He can't even get DirecTV to stop HDliting his HDnet! When he can call himself ship's Captain of HD.net and MD.net movies and force DirecTV to present the resolution he sends to D* then maybe he will have some sustaining credibility. But, what credibility he had early on waned a lot as the D* Devil presents HDlite interpretations of his other use-to-be-nice HD channels. | |
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| I have to agree and say. . . Cuban's right for once. I'm no big fan of his, but I don't really get what the big deal is with YouTube. There are a few good things on there but most of them are available elsewhere such as "How (fill in the blank) Should Have Ended". The rest is just dull, inane, and downright pointless.
YouTube gotten so much attention that the first few times I visited I kept wondering if maybe I somehow just wasn't finding the "good stuff" (and no, I don't mean pornography but at least that would be halfway interesting to a lot of people). Eventually I figured out that the crap they promote is the good stuff, which is pretty pathetic.
Sure, it's all well and good that amateurs have a place to post their videos for others to watch, but my guess is that once the novelty wears off (which will likely be soon) that YouTube will be watched about as often as the Community Access channels on cable television. | |
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| Does Cuban really matter? He's probably just bitter that nobody has tried to post episodes of "The Benefactor". He complains about YouTube getting only 60,000 hits, well, that's about 10 times what his "reality show" generated. Cuban as an arbiter of quality is akin to McDonald's becoming the authority on fine dining. | |
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Ta da! That's it.
That was the best he could muster. Obviously had I not been worth his time he would have simply filtered me and be done with it. But no. He felt he needed to have his parting shot and so carefully wordsmithed the above. The Cuban household doesn't appear to have spellcheck. Or maybe it really is "domaim" and I'm the one that's wrong.
After all if you tripped and fell into a hole full of money you've gotta have it going on. I mean ... right?
And now my post that prompted Cuban to shine.
ps. naturally I then created a web-based email account just to post a reply on his blog. I wonder if he'll be blocking Yahoo's domaim as well?
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