Users of the video sharing website have been gleefully posting all kinds of entertaining video content for others to see; unfortunately, quite a bit of that content has not been shared with the express consent of copyright holders for those works.
A ten-minute cap on videos has been imposed by YouTube for video uploads, in addition to the existing 100mb file size limitation that has been in place since the site launched, according to the company blog.
Persistent complaints from entities like NBC, which ordered YouTube to take down a Saturday Night Live video called "Lazy Sunday," compelled YouTube to impose the new limit. The company explained the ten minute choice in a blog entry:
We did some analysis of the videos in our system over 10 minutes in length, and we found the overwhelming majority of them were full length, copyrighted videos from tv shows and movies. However, we also recognize that there are legit content creators out there who may have videos over 10 mins, so we've created a Premium Content Program for those of you with professional-produced videos.
SearchViews pointed out one flaw with the ten-minute limit: both the "Lazy Sunday" video and the Natalie Portman rap video that came from SNL combined are not ten minutes in length. "And what's to stop folks from uploading Lost episodes 9 minutes and 59 seconds at a time?" SearchViews asked.
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