YouTube goes direct but should it be for free?

By - 19 November 2009

There has been much talk for the last few days about the new service from YouTube called YouTube Direct. This is a feature that allows videos to be uploaded to YouTube from a website which then has editorial control over it.

Quite a lot has already been said about it, for example 'Youtube launches channel for citizen journalist' from Bintulu.org

Media organistations now have better access to video content, in fact they can now ask for certain types of clips to be uploaded via their own site with the add-on widget.

So far no mention has been made about the financial side of things. Will Citizen Journalists be compensated if a media organisation use their work?

The act of uploading your video to a website must be an indication of 'permission to use'. Will you still have some kind of copyright control, no matter what license you decide to use?

Are you planning to use this new feature and how do you see it working for you?

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