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Is it just me, or does this service sound way too similar to Redtube?


That is the obvious connection. The interesting part is does Redtube sue them for trademark infringement? Who gets the "red" and who gets the "tube" ? :-)

Frankly I'm surprised Google hasn't preemptively gone after them for infringement.


My guess is that Google can't. Tube was slang for boob tube or tv way before youtube existed.


Facebook sues people for Face* names. Not an entirely unprecedented precedent.

The real problem is you never know when you'll be sued for going too far. The only way to find out is to go too far and hope it doesn't happen. (like, the existence of YouTube itself)


> Facebook sues people for Face* names.

wow, can they do that? Any instances of past cases? So, does that mean if I create a social network with `Face*` name, they can sue me?



> Who gets the "red" and who gets the "tube" ?

Your first time, you get both. ;)

But really, this is horrible branding by Google.


Took me several re-reads to realise it wasn't a paid Redtube subscription. The music part is what got me.


...you don't like the music on Redtube videos? :|


Well, RedTube and PornHub were named pretty much after YouTube no matter how much they want to try to deny it.


Maybe RedTube and YouPorn, not really PornHub.


Yeah...that's a different take on Github, clearly. Terrible content with octocat and force push and all that. :(


>Yeah...that's a different take on Github, clearly. https://xkcd.com/624/


I suspect you mean RedTube and YouPorn.


Ah yes. I may have inadvertently typed almost by habit o.O

and now I will try to distract the reader by mentioning something about keystroke dynamics. I wonder if I type pornhub in a different way than any one else does

If you didn't know: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keystroke_dynamics


Yeah. The first thing I thought "YouTube is getting into porn, now?". Unfortunate branding, here.


Not only that, but of how Project Red is often "PRODUCT Red" when partnering with consumer brands.


It reminded me of Bono's brand.




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