YouTube Founders Speaking Their Mind On Army Ban

The two guys who founded YouTube (and earned a butt-load of money selling it to Google) gave an interview to the Associated Press, talking about the Pentagon’s decision to block U.S. Army troops from accessing YouTube, MySpace, and other popular sites over Defense Department networks. They spoke honestly, joking that if the army has a problem with internet bandwidth, it’s their own fault, seeing as they invented the internet.
It’s great to see Chad Hurley and Steve Chen speaking up for our soldiers right to view hamsters eating broccoli, but one wonders how much longer they get to speak for the company. Most founders wait out until they can take all their stock and walk away (usually one or two years), and if that’s the plan, these guys can’t stay the face of YouTube much longer. It’d be nice to see them stick around at Google for the […]

Original post by Nathan Weinberg