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Guba is moving toward the premium market
Created: 08/17/2006
Video description: Tom McInerney, founder and CEO of video-sharing site Guba, speaks with CNET's Neha Tiwari at the Digital Hollywood conference in San Jose, Calif. McInerney explains how Guba offers user-generated content and avoids copyright infringement by offering a premium, fee-based service. Unlike YouTube, Guba has relationships with Warner Bros. and Sony Pictures Entertainment to distribute video content.

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