Much has been written about the recent Google acquisition of video powerhouse, YouTube.

The copyright stuff that Cuban and others have been mockingly using to call YouTube a walking lawsuit ready to happen is blown out of proportion. Sure, the site is chock full of infringing stuff, but so is the rest of the internet. Google will clean it up and get it to an acceptable level that everyone will be satisfied with. I have a hard time believing that a company like Google that has been through stuff like this before (Google Books anyone) didn’t analyze every possible scenario imaginable associated with the risk that YouTube’s treasure trove of copyrighted material presents.

Also, everything that is on the site prior to Google’s takeover isn’t really their problem either, that should all be on the previous owners. As long as Google makes a strong effort to thwart it in the future (not an easy task in this consumer generated haven we now live in)– and clean up what is there now (not an easy task), all should be well.

The idea is that now our favorite place to find video of everything and anything, is in the hands of a company that can deal with the underlying infrastructure and continue to integrate it with the rest of their tools that more and more people are finding useful everyday.

Lets be happy that it happened, commend Google for making such a bold move, and move on. The more interesting story here is how Google will integrate YouTube, how they will monetize it (or not) and what it means for broader distribution and inflitration of online video to the masses. GoogleTV may really not be that far behind. All delivered via the internet. Cable and satellite be damned.

Let’s also not talk about Facebook anymore either. They will end up where they end up.

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