A 5-month-old user-generated site has a unique but obvious approach to paying for user-generated content: Give the most watched the most money. Spymac Networks--grown out of Spymac.com, a gossip site about all things Mac- and Apple-related--pays users for videos, based primarily on the highest viewership. In April, Spymac paid out $67,237. Since January, the company has paid content owners over $373,000. More ...
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May 21, 2007
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