Google is launching a new service to help creative people get their videos to a wider audience. Not only can they store their videos on Google servers, but they will have access to tools to help them protect the copyright and promote viewership. Better creative lifestyles through technology, once again.

Link: MediaPost by Gavin O’Malley

IN A MOVE THAT COULD greatly accelerate the growth of consumer-generated media, especially the kind that would compete with TV, Google Thursday confirmed plans that would enable any user to upload digital video files to its servers, making them available to any Web surfer to preview, play and download.