If at first it wasn't clear, or you thought it might be possible to sneak one in, Google Video has a message for amateur porn makers: Don't even think about it.
"We accept any type of video content, with these restrictions: You must own all necessary rights to the content, including copyrights to both the video and the audio; you must be able to upload the video to us electronically; [and t]he video must not contain pornographic or obscene material," the search kings say on an FAQ page about the new Google Video program.
Google co-founder Larry Page seemed to leave a little wiggle room for amateur adult video submissions, when he told a San Francisco telecommunications conference earlier this month that Google Video, which rolled out this week, that they "weren't quite sure what they were going to get, but we decided to try this experiment."
But the no-porn FAQ advisory appeared earlier this week. Google representatives could not be reached for comment before this story went to press. But published reports indicated that Google representatives said the company would determine what is or is not obscene material without offering details on how they would do it, while content owners would retain all copyrights on what they bring to Google Video and guide surfers to their sites and set any prices to view the offerings.
