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diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.18.07/Tue/youtube.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.18.07/Tue/youtube.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..84de832 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/06.18.07/Tue/youtube.txt @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +YouTube goes international + +YouTube has launched nine country-specific versions of the site. Local versions of YouTube are now available for Brazil, France, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, and the U.K. + +The [localized editions of YouTube][1] feature fully translated content and at some point in the future will track country-specific popular content. + +The new sites can be round at their country specific addresses such as [youtube.fr][5] or [youtube.jp][6] (note that all those URLs work, they actually redirect to fr.youtube.com, etc.). + +YouTube rather conspicuously has left Germany out of the initial launch of its international sites. Epicenter [posits][3] that it might have something to do with the age-verification restriction in place in Germany. + +Flickr, which also [recently went international][4], [upset users in some countries][2] (including Germany) by censoring content. Though it took them two whole days to explain themselves, Flickr says the censorship is due to stringent German age-verification laws. If that statement is correct then YouTube's decision to skip Germany for the time being makes sense. + +YouTube plans to roll out more country-specific versions of the site in the coming weeks and has already announced plans for a Chinese version. + +[1]: http://br.youtube.com/blog?entry=ktewBXNbyTw "YouTube Speaks Your Language" +[2]: http://blog.wired.com/business/2007/06/german_users_in.html "German Users In Revolt Over Flickr Image Restrictions" +[3]: http://blog.wired.com/business/2007/06/youtube_goes_in.html "YouTube Goes International...Sans Germany" +[4]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/06/flickr_speaking.html "Flickr Speaking In Tongues: Photo Sharing Site Adds Additional Language Support" +[5]: http://fr.youtube.com/ +[6]: http://jp.youtube.com/
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