[MR] Fwd: [AL] Google video to end

[David Chessler]

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Received: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 10:43:34 AM EDT
From: Dick Atlee 
Subject: [AL] Google video to end

The following message from Google Video (about April 15) has gone out to 
those who have posted material there. In essence, they are terminating 
the service as we know it, SOON. They want to stop being a provider and 
be more of a search engine. On Friday, you won't be able to play any of 
the videos on the site, but will be able to click on a download button. 
That button will then go away two weeks later.

So if you know of videos on Google that you want to be able to view in 
the future, you'd best download them now -- preferably before Friday, 
since after that you won't be able to see them to be sure they're the 
ones you want.

A brief history of Google video I ran across: "Google launched their 
video sharing site on 25th of January 2005, but later on Google acquired 
Youtube for 1.65  billion in October 2006. By 13th June 2007 Google 
introduced search results of videos in Google videos. In May 2009 Google 
videos stopped accepting uploads."

(This is of direct interest to me as a 9/11 "researcher," since much of 
the best lecture material on 9/11 is available only on Google video, as 
is much evidence footnoted in books on 9/11. It will definitely put a 
crimp in efforts to expose whatever happened that day.)

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Dear Google Video User,

Later this month, hosted video content on Google Video will no longer be 
available for playback. Google Video stopped taking uploads in May 2009 
and now we’re removing the remaining hosted content. We've always 
maintained that the strength of Google Video is its ability to let 
people search videos from across the web, regardless of where those 
videos are hosted. And this move will enable us to focus on developing 
these technologies further to the benefit of searchers worldwide.

On April 29, 2011, videos that have been uploaded to Google Video will 
no longer be available for playback. We’ve added a Download button to 
the video status page, so you can download any video content you want to 
save. If you don’t want to download your content, you don’t need to do 
anything. (The Download feature will be disabled after May 13, 2011.)

We encourage you to move to your content to YouTube if you haven’t done 
so already. YouTube offers many video hosting options including the 
ability to share your videos privately or in an unlisted manner. To 
learn more go here.

Here’s how to download your videos:

1. Go to the Video Status page.
2. To download a video to your computer, click the Download Video link 
located on the right side of each of your videos in the Actions column.

Once a video has been downloaded, “Already Downloaded” will appear next 
to the Download Video link.

If you have many videos on Google Video, you may need to use the paging 
controls located on the bottom right of the page to access them all.


Please note: This download option will be available through May 13, 2011.

Thank you for being a Google Video user.

Sincerely,

The Google Video Team