YouTube Offers DRM Free Video Downloads for a (small) Price! [Feature Alert]

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February 13, 2009 ||

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YouTube We recently reported about the newly available option of downloading videos from Youtube which was limited to Obama Campaign.

However Youtube made it public today that it is working with a limited number of partners to make their videos available for download. It’s up to the partner to decide if the video can be downloaded for free or for a price through Google Checkout.

Though techies who are already downloading videos from Youtube using scripts and softwares think this move is senseless as these scripts let me download all the videos on Youtube for free.

But don’t forget internet is not all about geeks and techies, a major chunk of users are the ones who are still learning to attach a file to their e-mail or trying to figure out how to add people to their Facebook profile. Its users like these who would benefit from a simple download link at the bottom of the video player.

Download Youtube Videos

The paid videos are not DRM managed which means they can be shared and transferred from one device to another easily but these videos are licensed under creative commons which are mostly to do with non-commercial use of the video. Click here to read more about the Licenses.

This program is currently available for partners in US only. If you are interested in becoming one of the partners, click here to apply.

During these tough economic times Google has been trying everything it can to post strong quarterly results which is why we are seeing advertisements almost on all Google properties and new revenue generating models trying to bring in more money. For example, we saw ads on Google Image Search, Google Finance, etc..

Although it is unclear if Google will charge a % of whatever the partners make by selling the videos it’s very clear that Google Checkout revenues will soar if this initiative hits the right node.