Hurley and Chen said that the original idea for YouTube was a video version of an online dating service, and had been influenced by the website Hot or Not. Additionally, he is the head of Business Development for Fame House , LLC and an independent musician.YouTube was founded by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim, who were all early employees of PayPal. While there are certainly several other sites that provide a suitable alternative to or, Google looks to be eliminating the issue by starting out with the biggest ones first, saying they have a mandate from their users to protect how the content they upload to YouTube is shared and disseminated. In fact, Google has blocked all of YouTube-MP3′s servers from accessing YouTube, essentially stripping the site of its primary service. YouTube and Google, however, do not seem to be interested. YouTube-MP3’s owner, named only as “Philip”, is contesting the action and sent a long response to Associate Product Counsel at YouTube, Harris Cohen, looking to negotiate. While does not use YouTube's API, they remain in Google’s crosshairs, having been sent a letter on June 8 threatening to be sued if they did not shut down in seven days (Google’s own DoubleClick service reports that the site receives 1.3 million hits per day).
The sites even allow users to input the YouTube link directly and receive a download with the video's audio. According to a report over at TorrentFreak, sites like and have been receiving letters indicating that their services allow users to download material from YouTube, which directly violates the company's terms of service.
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