I attended the
Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco last week, representing the
AOL Developer Community. While researching materials related to the Expo on the Web, I came across this April 11, 2007 blog post on Pete Cashmore's
Mashable.com blog:
Photobucket vs MySpace: Potentially Explosive FactsI had no idea there was an ongoing dispute between MySpace and Photobucket.
Here's an excerpt from Pete's post:
for those who are unaware of the news - Photobucket is reporting on its blog that MySpace has blocked the embedding of Photobucket videos. As of noon today, slideshows and images can be embedded.
Photobucket's Achilles heel, which we emphasized last week when they became suspiciously communicative with the press (indicating that they're trying to sell the site), is that relations between MySpace and Photobucket have always been poor. The hate between the two companies is mutual, but Photobucket has more to lose, and should be sucking up to its unpredictable master.
Of course, things may have changed since April 11. But, knowing that these two have declared war on each other is certainly surprising to me. They seem like a great match...