Google moves YouTube ahead / Since the acquisition, more deals struck for video, though copyright issues remain

sfgate.com: "Five months later, the two kings have been quietly trying to make the merger successful, even while wrangling with several critical issues:

-- Even as it strikes more than 1,000 agreements to put basketball games, classic television shows and other material online, Google faces mounting pressure from Hollywood to manage the copyrighted clips that continue to appear inappropriately on its YouTube site.

-- With competition coming from other upstarts, such as Joost and Daily Motion, YouTube is vying to maintain its hip reputation as the place to go online.

-- To top it off, Mountain View's Google and San Bruno's YouTube must figure out how to make money off its vast library of Internet videos."