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thenextweb: If the words “Charlie bit my finger” mean nothing to you – you probably haven’t been near a computer in the past 4 years. The video of one year old Charlie biting his older brother’s finger went viral, and has accumulated almost 400 million hits. In the past, this video might have earned Charlie’s parents a tidy little sum of money by submitting the video to a TV show a la America’s Funniest Home Videos and that would have been that. In the age of the Internet, home videos have taken on a life of their own on YouTube, where contributors can find far bigger audiences, and a lot more money to be made. In the case of Charlie and his dad, Howard Davies-Carr, the 56 second video has received hundreds of millions of hits, and even earned itself a Wikipedia entry, turning the Davies-Carr boys into mini-celebrities, who even get asked to sign autographs. It has also earned them around £120,000 ($190,000), and they’re not alone. Thanks to advertising on the video sharing site, through the YouTube Partner program, home videos can earn themselves anywhere from £8,000 ($12,000) to a whopping £100,000 ($160,000), if the video is an instant hit. There are several different payment schemes available on YouTube partners. You can get paid 60p ($0.95) per 1,000 views, or get paid each time someone actually clicks on an ad. (via ‘Charlie bit my finger’ Makes £120,000 on YouTube)

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If the words “Charlie bit my finger” mean nothing to you – you probably haven’t been near a computer in the past 4 years. The video of one year old Charlie biting his older brother’s finger went viral, and has accumulated almost 400 million hits. In the past, this video might have earned Charlie’s parents a tidy little sum of money by submitting the video to a TV show a la America’s Funniest Home Videos and that would have been that. In the age of the Internet, home videos have taken on a life of their own on YouTube, where contributors can find far bigger audiences, and a lot more money to be made. In the case of Charlie and his dad, Howard Davies-Carr, the 56 second video has received hundreds of millions of hits, and even earned itself a Wikipedia entry, turning the Davies-Carr boys into mini-celebrities, who even get asked to sign autographs. It has also earned them around £120,000 ($190,000), and they’re not alone. Thanks to advertising on the video sharing site, through the YouTube Partner program, home videos can earn themselves anywhere from £8,000 ($12,000) to a whopping £100,000 ($160,000), if the video is an instant hit. There are several different payment schemes available on YouTube partners. You can get paid 60p ($0.95) per 1,000 views, or get paid each time someone actually clicks on an ad. (via ‘Charlie bit my finger’ Makes £120,000 on YouTube)