YouTubers to get ad money share

People who upload their own films to video-sharing website YouTube will soon get a share of the ad revenue, reports the BBC.

"YouTube founder Chad Hurley confirmed to the BBC that his team was working on a revenue-sharing mechanism that would "reward creativity".

The system would be rolled out in a couple of months, he said, and use a mixture of adverts, including short clips shown ahead of the actual film.

YouTube has more than 70m users a month and was recently bought by Google.

The offer applies only to people who own the full copyright of the videos that they are uploading to the YouTube website."

emily | 8:56 AM | YouTube and other User Generated Video Sites |
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