Whoa..YouTube just changed the game in a MASSIVE way for filmmakers

[Brennan Klensch]

Wow....seriosuly...wow

http://www.youtube.com/yt/space/about-la.html

 

[Phil Holland]

Impressive! That's near the previous location of a studio I worked at and also the same exact area where Avatar was shot/captured. Very close to LAX and great apartments too. Great location.

 

[Clovis Ong]

Awesome! This is right where I live. And I agree with Phil, great location

 

[Daniel Pearson]

That's rad, hopefully some great productions get made there.

 

[Michael Millichamp]

All free of charge if you apply? Amazing. Good job Youtube.

 

[Petr Dvorak]

In London too.

 

[Jeff Kilgroe]

At first I was like, "yeah, so what? it's just another studio space...".

The free thing has its merits, I'm sure this will benefit a lot of budding and independent filmmakers. Of course, if YouTube isn't what you want for primary distribution, it's not for you...

 

[Jonathan Stevenson]

I have a feeling there's some sort of "we own what you shoot here" clause.

 

[paul schefz]

designed for youtube creators....if you qualify....
regardless....a great idea, i am sure we will see some great things...

 

[Brennan Klensch]

Right, I mean the caveats are there but I find them to be somewhat inscrutable against the backdrop of awesome. But yes there is that, "you are YouTube," kind of feel, but for someone like me, this is amazing

 

[Phil Holland]

It makes sense with their business model. Help popular qualified youTube shooters create higher quality content to watch on youTube. Win win.

 

[adam r]

I have a feeling there's some sort of "we own what you shoot here" clause.

YOUTUBE SPACE LA FAQ: http://www.youtube.com/yt/space/faq-la.html

[h=2]Q: Who owns the content that YouTube creators make at the YouTube Space LA?[/h]A: YouTube creators will be fully responsible for the production of all content they create in the YouTube Space LA. In addition, creators will own all of the content they produce and will license it for display on YouTube according to the standard content license agreements.

 

[Brandon J.F.]

That's an amazing deal then.

 

[Jett He]

Might have to check it out. Hopefully our channel meets the minimum requirements

 

[Justin Kirchhoff]

I've got a few friends that are YouTube partners. Very cool idea and I can see a lot of up and coming filmmakers take advantage of this service.

 

[Mark Pavy]

wake me up when a feature is available at the theatres that was shot in one of these studios. goodluck trying to make money with youtube.

 

[Kwan Khan]

Extremely excited news

 

[paulherrin]

the king is dead... long live the king.

that being said, the fact that there's an amphitheater outside makes it at least a little bit legit. but it also points to the fact that the building is in every way the reincarnation of a greco-roman box.

 

[Dan Frenkel]

I bet when you try to rent space there its not cheap, and the wait is longer than the views of GANGNAM STYLE!!

 

[Robert Hart]

It seems that they have a long term plan. They may want to be sure to be in the right commercial place at the right time when the creation-distribution paradigm gets filpped onto its cruit and may also be about making sure this does happen. Lively times we live in. There may yet be a bit of a fight with established interests, sharemarket skulduggery and all that. It would not be the first time something has been bought into for no other purpose than to collar the intellectual property, shut down the elements which are harmful competitively and sell off the body parts. Interesting times indeed.