 The video-sharing site YouTube was launched in early 2005, allowing users to share illegally posted television programs.YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim said the inspiration for YouTube first came from Janet Jackson's role in the 2004 Super Bowl incident, when her breast was exposed during her performance, and later from the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.Karim could not easily find video clips of either event online, which led to the idea of a video sharing site.