14 DAY TRIAL // Google Video, the service that was almost abandoned by the parent company, allows users to view, upload and share clips with other members of the community. Although the product is meant to show only small videos or homemade content, Google Video is now offering full-length movies straight from the online interface.
At this time, I was able to find two big names that managed to attract a huge number of fans all over the world: Naked Gun and Hollow Man. The movies are available for free to any user that connects to the service and were uploaded a long time ago. Even if the Butterfly Effect 2 was removed from the page, the users are still able to view Naked Gun and Hollow Man right from the page. According to Ars Technica, the clips were uploaded by pirated video websites that are offering the movies for free download using other Internet techniques.
Now, there is only one problem. Google Video is very similar to YouTube because it allows users to upload, share and comment clips with other members of the community. But it seems that the two services are also struggling to repair the same problem with the pirated content as more illegal videos are uploaded on the official pages. In the past, Google was often criticized by a lot of companies because pirated content was uploaded on YouTube, the search giant being attacked with numerous lawsuits.
It seems like Google Video will also cause problems to the parent company because the pirated content is now an important part of the service. The most known lawsuit filed for copyright infringement was recently announced by Viacom, the owner of MTV and Comedy Central requiring $1 billion in damages.