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Viacom Sues Google And YouTube for $1B

Started by webomatica · 10 months ago

That's a lot of dough, and I don't have much to add except this thought: whether or not you think the lawsuit is legitimate, anybody (including me) could have seen this coming a mile away. Back before YouTube was part of Google, people speculated if it would die from bandwidth fees o ... Continue reading »

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  • Here's hoping the EFF gets involved.

    Seriously though, this "You" stuff is starting to bother me...whenever I view a pretty cool video, there are all of these video replies in the "related" sidebar...and they're all videos of people saying "hey, that was a cool video." wtf? These people are too good for textual comments?

    Well, this is why I'm too good for textual comments on YouTube, heh. ;)
  • heh, actually I think the YouTube comments are even sillier than those in that cartoon ...
  • If you use the content of other people, you have to value their work - YouTube can't just publish songs and videos without giving credit / cash to the creator of the material.
  • Hi run dogg, no disagreement there. In any case, this will be interesting to see develop. I am guessing YouTube / Google will be signing a very large content deal with Viacom soon.

    Thanks for visiting and commenting!

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