By Dashiell Bennett, 1:35 PM on Mon Jan 29 2007, 10,651 views (Edit, to draft, Top, Slurp)

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We were beginning to wonder why there was such a glut of YouTube-ish porn clones lately ... and why they were all starting to look suspiciously similar. So we followed the bread crumb trail, and finally discovered that some enterprising code writers have been building scripts that mimic YouTube's video functionality—but instead of launching their own rival empire, they're simply selling the script to those who want to start their own site. (Bandwidth costs money, you know.) Since the hard part is now taken care of—who needs all that pesky technical know-how anyway?—anyone with $160 and a dream can take on the Googlefied video giant. Or they can just collect a lot of free porn videos. Either way, expect to see even more of these billionaire wannabes showing up in your browser, or if you think you've got what it takes to beat them all, give it a shot your own self. It's even better than buying your way into the business. Just try to remember us little guys when you reach the top.

· ScripTube - YouTube Clone script (scriptube.com)
· Search - "YouTube Clone Script" (google.com)

See also these two new contenders:
· Wanktube (wanktube.com)
· 3X Upload.com (3xupload.com)

Previously: XXX Uploads: Still Yet Another Porn Video Site, Shufuni: Yet Another Porn Video Site, Flesh Flicks: Welcome to Haporn, Watchme.com, YouPorn Beta, YuVuTu: Adult Amateur Videos, XTube, PornoTube