Ans: YouTube is pursuing advertising as its business model, and is exploring a range of possibilities including PVAs (participatory video ads) promotions, sponsorships, contextual-based advertising, traditional banner advertising, etc. Today, YouTube serves untargeted ads on some of its pages. We're committed to preserving the quality of the user experience and we are also interested in exploring how we can further benefit content owners through different ways of sponsorship. We have conducted a variety of tests to determine what monetization strategies are best for content providers and best for users, and we will integrating the results of those tests into our future efforts. In short, It is not making profits at the moment!

Qun: What is YouTube's copyright policy?

Ans: We don't control the content on our site. Our users post the content on YouTube—including videos, comments, and ratings. Our community guidelines and clear messaging on the site make it clear that users must own or have permission from copyright holders to post any videos. We take copyright issues very seriously. We prohibit users from uploading infringing material and we cooperate with copyright holders to identify and promptly remove infringing content.

Qun: How does Wikipedia Make money?

Ans: Wikipedia is run by The Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization. It doesn't make a profit, but it does need to raise money, primarily to buy new servers and keep the site running. Wikimedia relies mostly on public donations, made at http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Fund... Most of the donations come during set fundraising periods, which happen three or four times a year. Wikimedia has also received a small number of grants and corporate sponsorships, but has no advertising on Wikipedia itself. See http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Bene...