YouTube
founder Chad Hurley has confirmed that his team was working on a
revenue-sharing mechanism that would "reward creativity". The system should be
available in a matter of months and is to be supported on various forms of
advertising, including short clips (up to 3 seconds) shown ahead of the actual
film. The offer is not, however, for all of YouTube's 70m users: it applies only
to people who own the full copyright of the videos that they are uploading to
the YouTube web.