YouTube copycats: Idea theft or new media?
YouTube attracts many webmasters and companies to repeat success or to get at least a little piece of market share. Many people create their own local or niche Tube sites to target certain group of users.



It is clear that YouTube are full with millions videos and many good clips are getting lost in the competition to be on top and get some fame. This situation gives more hope to creators of niche video sharing websites.
In 2006-2007 some YouTube copycat websites already became popular and millions people use them to share video or to get information they are interested in. YouTube copycats became something like local TV channels comparing with CNN, BBC, or Fox News.
Here are some popular Tube sites:
- TeacherTube – video sharing network for teachers and students. Read more: Teachers got their own YouTube.
- GodTube – religious videos.
- PornoTube – network for adult and pornographic videos.
- TheDailyTube – media network to share most popular videos which people find online.
- JazzTube – jazz videos.
- FootyTube – network to share soccer clips.
- MastiTube – Indian videos.
- IndyTube – Indianapolis video sharing network. Read more: Bye-Bye YouTube! Hello IndyTube! in Douglas Karr blog.
Scripts to create YouTube alike websites available online and everyone can create video sharing website without any programming or web design knowledge. It means that in the future we will see a little YouTube for every place and topic.
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