Today YouTube announced they have increased their video upload limit from 10 up to 15 minutes. Meaning all those two part videos can now, hopefully, fit snuggly into a single clip.

Joshua Siegal, Product Manager at YouTube explains in his blog, posted earlier today, “…the upload limit for non-partners has been 10 minutes for years. Well, we’ve spent significant resources on creating and improving our state-of-the-art Content ID system and many other powerful tools for copyright owners. Now, all of the major U.S. movie studios, music labels and over 1,000 other global partners use Content ID to manage their content on YouTube. Because of the success of these ongoing technological efforts, we are able to increase the upload limit today.”

One last tip for those trying to reunite their two-part videos: Siegal says, “if you’re uploading a video that was previously rejected for being too long, you’ll have to go into ‘My Videos’ and delete it before attempting to upload it again. Thanks and happy uploading!”

As our lives become increasingly immersed in mobile media and digital entertainment, a question has surfaced: Flash or H.264? Just as the battle started to gain some momentum, new data has indicated that the H.264 format may have already won. According to Encoding.com (via TechCrunch), the H.264 format is used by 66 percent of all videos, whereas Flash has fallen from 69 percent to 26 percent of all video in just the last year.

The popularity of H.264 comes at no surprise. After all, the H.264 codec is supported by all kinds of video hardware and software, as well as video sharing sites such as YouTube (not to mention, Apple’s biased support and undeniable preference for the format). Despite its popularity, legal concerns have emerged regarding the use of the codec by consumers.

A recent concern comes from blogger and MIT graduate Ben Schwartz, who said “A lot of commercial software comes with H.264 encoders and decoders, and some computers arrive with this software pre-installed. This leads a lot of people to believe that they can legally view and create H.264 videos for whatever purpose they like. Unfortunately for them, it ain’t so.” Schwartz supports his claim with text pulled from specific software licenses.

According to an article on Gizmodo.com regarding the topic of H.264 licensing, if you’re making money (selling your product to the end-user) from video encoded or decoded with the H.264 codec you need to acquire a license. In February, MPEG LA announced that the AVC Patent Portfolio License, which the H.264 codec belongs to “will continue not to charge royalties for Internet Video that is free to end users”… at least until December 31, 2015.

It’s easy to feel overwhelmed at times with all of the legalities surrounding video production. The key is to stay well-informed. Learning about new technologies and making sure to read the restrictions listed in the fine print can help you avoid legal problems. Choosing to stay in the dark will only cause issues down the road. After all, you’ll never know whose toes you may be infringing upon.

Qlipso, a social site that enables users to share Flash-based content, has recently purchased Veoh, one of the internet’s top video sharing sites.

Veoh, launched in 2005 hoping to compete with YouTube. However, after a long legal battle with Universal Music Group (UMG) over alleged copyright infringement, and other financial problems, Veoh announced earlier this year that they would be filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Yesterday, Veoh’s founder and CEO Dmitry Shapiro stated in his blog, “Veoh in fact did not file for bankruptcy and was sold to Qlipso.”

Qlipso is a web-based service that provides a platform for sharing and viewing online video, games, slide shows and music while allowing users to simultaneously interact with friends and family through video, voice and text chat.

“This chapter of our lives has come to an end,” said Shapiro, “but a bright new chapter will soon begin, and I assure all of you reading this, that we have lots of important work ahead of us. Stay tuned, you will hear from us again!”

Veoh users can expect to see more social features added to veoh.com in the coming months.