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# Youtube: the Napster of video or the shape of things to come?
- URL: https://werd.io/youtube-the-napster-of-video-or-the-shape-of-things-to-come/
- Published: 2006-08-14T11:26:17.000Z
- Updated: 2025-06-12T11:01:16.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: General, #ben-684a32da145d7d001be71dae, #Migrated-1749693130536, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-06-11 21:52

<http://theinternetispeople.com/2006/08/14/youtube-the-napster-of-video-or-the-shape-of-things-to-come/>

John C. Dvorak thinks we’re all missing the point about Youtube. There certainly have been a lot of naysayers in the industry, and it’s been observed that there’s a lot of copyright material on the site, leading it to be dubbed the napster of video. But at the same time, Dvorak has a point: It’s weird \[...\]