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| Viacom's Double Standard
said by Valleywag :
Let me get this straight. Sumner Redstone's Viacom, outraged
at video grabs of programs such as the Daily Show, orders
Google to remove more than 100,000 clips from its Youtube
video sharing site. And then the 83-year-old media tycoon
authorizes a $1bn lawsuit against the Mountain View search
engine for "exploiting the devotion of fans" for its own
enrichment. And why not, while Viacom's at it, sue other video
sharing sites that offer copyrighted material, such as iFilm?
Ah, awkward: that particular video hub is owned by -- you've
guessed it -- a media conglomerate that just declared war on
Youtube, Viacom itself.
»valleywag.com/tech/double-standa···4874.php
Viacom are showing their true colors: hypocrisy. Just
like the other big media companies in Hollywood.
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