Microsoft Soapbox back up again

News: Microsoft has relaunched the beta version of Soapbox, a wannabe competitor to YouTube. Microsoft had taken it down due to copyright infringement concerns.  Now, Microsoft is using Audible Magic’s filtering program to catch copyrighted music in video files. (More)

Analysis: The user-interface is much improved compared to the first version. It still looks a little cluttered, though. And, of course, Microsoft is already well behind the game — YouTube has billions of video files already!

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