YouTube has increased the duration of downloadable videos

YouTube Video sharing has increased the duration of videos uploaded to the users, according to the official blog of YouTube.

Now users of the service will be able to upload videos up to 15 minutes. Previously, YouTube limited the length of commercials ordinary users to ten minutes.

Video sharing also announced a competition for users. The contest will be sufficient to download the video service with the tag "yt15minutes" until August 4. After that, a special jury will select the winners, whose videos will be shown on the main page video hosting.

YouTube explained the transition to 15-minute commercials achievements in the field of protection of copyright. According to the works with the existing system of automatic verification of content for copyright infringement are actively used by owners of rights - including film companies and music labels. As a result YouTube was able to increase the length commercials without the need to significantly raise the costs of fighting "pirates".

In 2010, YouTube introduced a number of technological innovations in the service. For example, Personal Video Editor introduced commercials, simplified view high-definition video and announced support for resolution of 4k (4096 to 2304 pixels).