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Microsoft Locks Down Video Site; Too Juicy A Target For Lawsuits?

Mar 24th, 2007 | By James Lewin | Category: Digital Video Downloads, Streaming Video, Video

Microsoft is locking down its video-sharing site, Soapbox, limiting membership so it can create better safeguards against pirated content. After Viacom announced its $1 billion lawsuit against YouTube, Microsoft appears to have decided its video sharing site offered too juicy a target.
Here’s Microsoft’s statement on the changes:
Dear Soapbox users,
Thanks for helping us test the Soapbox [...]