Bank of America Video: 'One' Bad Idea Goes Viral

When two Bank of America employees reworked the U2 song "One" for a company conference, they could never have known that the video would end up on youtube.com. The song is so painfully bad that it has become an Internet phenomenon. But Universal Music, who owns the rights to the original U2 song, is not amused.
Videos that Put YouTube.com on the Map

YouTube.com began as a classic Silicon Valley start-up in a garage -- Google.com recently bought the site for $1.65 billion. Jerry Arcieri/Corbis hide caption
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