Mike
Premium,Mod
join:2000-09-17
Pittsburgh, PA
clubs:   | Oh darn.
Opened at $85, first sale at $100.
IT LOST 61 CENTS... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! |
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Meehowski
join:2002-04-16
New York Mills, NY |  Oh my.........
Way to go!! |
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nasadude
join:2001-10-05
Rockville, MD | more american competition at it's best
alright! twice on the same day - perfect example of the american way of doing business: don't compete on price, product or service, sue their @sses!
ain't America great? |
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Obliteration
Premium
join:2005-09-18
Somewhere
| I should be able to sue Viacom for emotional damage
After hearing these news I almost went into shock. I'm suing them tomorrow for 1 Trillion in massive emotional damage.
It is all BS. 
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morbo
Complete Your Transaction
join:2002-01-22
00000
clubs:
 ·Charter Pipeline
 ·AT&T Southwest
| corporate jealousy
yes, youtube must get their act together to appease viacom, but it's hilarious how all the existing players despise google and their unique approach to the market. not just youtube but all their offerings. it's like corporate peer pressure/jealousy. the corporate GREED that google and their stock price and value generates is amazing.
the people like google and their "do no evil" policy. how many people can say the same for AT&T and their "spy on everyone for the NSA" policy? |
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decadent
Premium
join:2002-04-02
Piscataway, NJ | How to become millionaire?
Buy YouTube ... |
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Nightfall
My Goal Is To Deny Yours
Premium,MVM
join:2001-08-03
Grand Rapids, MI
 ·Site5.com
·AT&T Midwest
·Comcast
| Anyone not see this coming?
Gee, I know I wasn't the first person to say that YouTube would be a target if they were bought out. No one sued YouTube before because they didn't have anything. Now that Google has them, and they have a ton of cash, they are going to be a target of opportunity.
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My Domain
Nightfall's Hockey and Life Journal |
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Cabal
Premium
join:2007-01-21
Boston, MA
| reply to nasadude
Re: more american competition at it's best
said by nasadude  :don't compete on price, product or service, sue their @sses! Which category does illegally using the copyrighted works of others for profit fall under? (Note: for reference, this is still theft.)
Just because someone is stealing from your store doesn't mean you business model is flawed. It means you put a big guy with a baseball bat at the front of the store and protect your assets.
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Derspankster
Premium
join:2003-02-12
Marion, OH
·RoadRunner Cable
·RoadRunner Cable
| reply to nasadude
said by nasadude :alright! twice on the same day - perfect example of the american way of doing business: don't compete on price, product or service, sue their @sses! ain't America great? Agreed. It's a lot easier that way. Plus, you don't have to get off your dead asses to do anything. Just pick up the phone and call your lawyers.
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I thought I made a mistake once but I was wrong |
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lrtc
join:2004-06-05
Toronto | reply to Nightfall
Re: Anyone not see this coming?
Oh Ya I was waiting for this day! I hope a few more companies get together and sue them as well. |
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apollo80
join:2002-01-31
Richmond, VA
| reply to Nightfall
said by Nightfall :Gee, I know I wasn't the first person to say that YouTube would be a target if they were bought out. No one sued YouTube before because they didn't have anything. Now that Google has them, and they have a ton of cash, they are going to be a target of opportunity. While it's still breaking the law b/c of copyright infringement, no point in going after someone until they have money, then nail 'em.
To qoute Ed McMahon..."You are correct, sir!" |
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pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
Premium
join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD
·Comcast
| reply to nasadude
Re: more american competition at it's best
said by nasadude :sue their @sses! This is a pretty open and shut case. Viacom owns the content in question and can direct how said content should be distributed.
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aboottime
@on.ca | About time
these companies were taken to task on their shameful business practices.
I hope Viacom gets the entire 1 Billion. |
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koitsu
Premium
join:2002-07-16
Mountain View, CA
| One BEELLION dollars!!!
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jyc76
join:2006-10-18
Beverly Hills, CA
1 edit | Gilmore Girls/Youtube sued
This just happened on Gilmore Girls too..
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``The growth of YouTube, the growth of online, is so fundamental that these companies are going to be forced to work with and in the Internet,'' Schmidt said in an interview on ``Conversations with Judy Woodruff'' at Google headquarters in Mountain View, California.
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The things is that these old media companies want it all locked down with DRM, usually Windows Media and restricted to Microsoft Windows XP or Vista. Oh you have Windows 98? Sorry...
When was the last time anyone actually watched a video on MTV's website since Youtube came out, without Digital Restrictions Management? On top of that, it was restricted to deny access to anyone outside of the US. |
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RockCake
Premium
join:2005-07-12
Woodbridge, VA | reply to Mike
Re: Oh darn.
Another week, another lawsuit. What else is new? |
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siouxmoux
@comcast.net | WTF Youtube an for-profit organization ??
When did Youtube Current Business Model made a Profit for Google?? |
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Jwobot
join:2002-08-14
Sterling Heights, MI
·WOW Internet and C..
| reply to jyc76
Re: Gilmore Girls/Youtube sued
said by jyc76 :When was the last time anyone actually watched a video on MTV's website since Youtube came out, without Digital Restrictions Management? On top of that, it was restricted to deny access to anyone outside of the US. Why the hell would any one visit MTV's website. ZING! |
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karlmarx
join:2006-09-18
iraq
·Fairpoint Communic..
| what is 'massive inentional'
The only way I could buy that line, is if youtube actually told the kids to post copyrighted stuff. Otherwise, youtube is just a service, and deserves the safe harbor provisions. If Viacom wants to PROTECT their intellectual property, then they need to go through the proper channels, and file a DMCA request for EVERY SINGLE 'infringing' use. As long as youtube responds and deletes said requests, they are in the clear. They GOT the DMCA, now they have to live by it. It's NOT YOUTUBES job to filter stuff, it's VIACOM'S job to monitor, and respond to infringing materials.
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Matt9
join:2004-01-29
New Bedford, MA
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No offense, but I agree with the lawsuit. I use YouTube everyday. I go there for music videos, TV clips, etc. etc. But I do recognize that it is illegal and it is copyright infringement. And so far, besides removing videos at the companies request, YouTube has really made no considerable effort to eliminate copyrighted videos; because that's how it makes its profits. I can easily see how this could be argued in court. |
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