YouTube Crackpot: Domain or STFU
Herbert Elwood Gilliland III claims he gave YouTube founder Chad Hurley the original idea for the video-sharing site. Now, two years after Google bought YouTube for $1.65 billion, he demands a million dollars in compensation. What a crackpot. If he really thought up YouTube, then he should have registered the domain YouTube.com. If you don’t believe [...]YouTube Crackpot: Domain or STFU
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Well, I do walk the line between genius and insanity, but that doesn’t mean I’m a crackpot. Of course, you’re free to say whatever you want — but I’m happy to help people further despite the name-calling and “you’re crazy” comments. The world needs more heroes: and I’m here to be one. Thanks for covering my video post: it is kind of a weird video, but I don’t know how else to “come out” about this.
having the idea for a video-sharing site and coming up with a domain name are two different things. i can’t believe that you would use the actual registration of a domain name as proof of concept. i’m sure the guys that eventually did make youtube.com considered several domain names; but this doesn’t mean their idea wasn’t consistent no matter what name they have chosen.
What? Andrew I gave them a business plan — that’s more than just ” a domain name ” ..
Today is my 31st birthday.
herb — my comment was directed at the author of this post, not your comment.
Oh, I see.
Sorry, most comments are from haters. I get basically three responses most of the time: “You’re an idiot” “I hope you get your money” “You’re a liar”