I'd suggest that this is a significant enough thing for everyone to see for a couple of days, but should move to BS after a day or two.

Google, who just purchased YouTube, was among several internet powers appearing in Amsterdam recently, several of whom warned that larger scale distribution of VIDEO, especially movies in high-definition TV formats, etc., will threaten other uses of the internet, and that distributors should NOT EXPECT to be able to deliver a customer digital content service via the internet that will be satisfactory to users.

Those appearing emphasized that the internet is NOT SCALABLE to add the capacity to handle material of the kinds cited. Google reports that 60 percent of upload traffic already consists of peer-to-peer sharing of DVD content, plus a couple of popular rent-a-picture operators. (A single movie uses the same internet bandwidth as a year of email for a typical user.)

See one article at:

Internet Not Designed for TV, Google Warns

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ARTICLE DATE: 02.08.07
By Reuters , eWEEK

AMSTERDAM, Feb 7 (Reuters) - New Internet TV services such as Joost and YouTube may bring the global network to its knees, Internet companies said on Wednesday, adding they are already investing heavily just to keep data flowing.

Google, which acquired online video sharing site YouTube last year, said the Internet was not designed for TV.

It even issued a warning to companies that think they can start distributing mainstream TV shows and movies on a global scale at broadcast quality over the public Internet. (emphasis added)

"The Web infrastructure, and even Google's (infrastructure) doesn't scale. It's not going to offer the quality of service that consumers expect," Vincent Dureau, Google's head of TV technology, said at the Cable Europe Congress.

Google instead offered to work together with cable operators to combine its technology for searching for video and TV footage and its tailored advertising with the networks' high-quality delivery of shows.

One cable chief executive, Duco Sickinghe from Belgian operator Telenet, said it was "the best news of the day" to hear that Google could not scale for video.

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Google admits to currently having difficulty expanding net resources to keep up with YouTube, which is largely "low def" video. Their warning against further expansion of more, and higher quality, video via the internet appears (to me) to be a realistic assessment of what the internet structure can and cannot handle, and not just an attempt to keep others from infringing on YouTube.

Expect to see some arguments from others?

John