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| Re: Oh darn. There were, for example, plenty of South Park, Daily Show, and Adult Swim videos on YouTube, which were all promptly removed, citing Viacom copyright.
I see Viacom possibly winning a lawsuit, but for nothing even remotely close to a billion dollars, since that is beyond excessive for any supposed "copyright infringement". | |
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join:2001-10-05
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| 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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| Re: more american competition at it's best said by Cabal :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. Bzzzzzzzztttt! Sorry, wrong answer - copyright infringement is infringement, not theft. What got "stolen"? Did the appearance of a clip on youtube make the clip disappear from viacom archives?
I'm not arguing viacom doesn't have the right to take legal action, just pointing out that this appears to be the current, default action that all the big media companies take in these circumstances.
And I'm also sorry, but it does appear big media business strategy is flawed for the digital age. The sooner they realize that and stop suing the bejesus out of anyone that does something they don't like, the sooner they will start making MORE MONEY. | |
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| said by nasadude :said by Cabal :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. Bzzzzzzzztttt! Sorry, wrong answer - copyright infringement is infringement, not theft. What got "stolen"? Did the appearance of a clip on youtube make the clip disappear from viacom archives? I'm not arguing viacom doesn't have the right to take legal action, just pointing out that this appears to be the current, default action that all the big media companies take in these circumstances. And I'm also sorry, but it does appear big media business strategy is flawed for the digital age. The sooner they realize that and stop suing the bejesus out of anyone that does something they don't like, the sooner they will start making MORE MONEY. What got stolen? Copyrighted works. Ask around the DI Forum and ask them if they consider the "theft" of their photographs to be stealing? 99.99% of them will come back and tell you that it IS "theft". Just because the copyrighted works are owned by "BIG BUSINESS", doesn't mean that they're not protected.
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| Re: more american competition at it's best But you can't just throw out the word 'theft', when a COPY does not deprive the original owner of a work. The correct word is 'infringement', and the supreme court ruled that infringement is NOT THEFT. They are two totally different things, and trying to describe it as 'theft' puts a negative connotation on an act that is truly victimless. Let's call it what it is, copyright infringement, not theft. The penalties for copyright infringement are ALWAYS civil, not criminal. Trying to make a civil crime into a criminal crime is just not right.
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| said by manfmmd :What got stolen? Copyrighted works. Ask around the DI Forum and ask them if they consider the "theft" of their photographs to be stealing? 99.99% of them will come back and tell you that it IS "theft". Just because the copyrighted works are owned by "BIG BUSINESS", doesn't mean that they're not protected. Well as much as you would like it to be theft and as much as the media industry would like it to be theft, IT IS NOT THEFT.
The law says it is copyright infringement (assuming it meets the req'ts and is not parody, comment, educational or other fair use). If you want to call it theft, get the law changed.
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| 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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| Re: more american competition at it's best said by russotto : provided they respond to takedown requests. Which Viacom has made and YouTube has not complied with those requests. You might remember where YouTube was supposed to filter their content to catch Viacom content? Yeah...they aren't.
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| Re: more american competition at it's best Considering that YouTube agreed in early February to remove all of Viacom's material and to enact filtering software to prevent posting of Viacom's content...it would seem that Google has been given notice.
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| Re: more american competition at it's best for MAYBE a couple of clips...but Google/ YouTube isn't above the law.
They still have to comply with how the rules. Meaning every infraction Viacom sees has to be a accompanied with a notice of removal. Thats prolly thousands of infringments, but still, they each have to have notices. Hence why it was said "Viacom can pound sand" and Google's in a safe harbor. They DID in fact TRY to filter out content, ven content they weren't "notified" about. Yep, pound away. | |
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| Re: more american competition at it's best said by Kearnstd :whats viacom going to do next? sue Tivo because downloads and Tivo both remove ads. Did not someone try something like that a few years ago?
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| Re: corporate jealousy said by morbo :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. I'm not sure profiting from other people's copyrighted works is really "unique."
I'm also not sure it's "greed" on the part of viacom to say "hey google, stop stuffing your pockets with cash based on our stuff."
If there's one thing the Google is great at, it's perpetuating the popular delusion that they are some kind of non-profit org. | |
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| Re: corporate jealousy said by morbo :it is funny that you believe the public is somehow delusional in their belief that google is a good company. It's funny that you think I said that.
And, of course they don't give away unfettered access to internet traffic. You have to pay them to get that kind of information. | |
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| Re: corporate jealousy "It's funny that you think I said that"
uhh...you DID say that. Proclaiming "everyone thinks their a non-profit" really means people percieve them to be a 'good' company, or is there some other meaning as to why you would say "non-profit"?
w.e.
All I know is Google is one of those companies that really looks out for its employees and has helped transform the net into the powerful beast it is today. Or am I delusional? | |
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| Re: corporate jealousy yes, non-profit is not a qualifier of a good or bad company, just what the business agenda of a company is.
Google is a for-profit company. Their interests are to make money for Google. This does not make them a bad company. Google's money-making-mechanisms are so "transparent" that few average joes stop to think how they are bursting with cash.
Here's one way, throwing ads on a site (you tube) that Viacom alleges is infringing.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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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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| 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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| 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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| Re: what is 'massive inentional' said by karlmarx :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. And it's because of the ridiculousness of requiring Viacom to police YouTube that the DMCA will be altered or this case will be an exception that goes in favor of Viacom. | |
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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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Just Shoot It
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| Re: ... said by Matt9 :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. Uh...HOW exactly is YT making profits off video clips?? Last I checked, uploads were free, downloads were free and no $$ changes hands at any time. They only option they have is the sidebar ads that are being blocked anyway?? I seem to be confused here. I've not given YT a cent since their inception.
That's like saying BitTorrent is profiting off their torrents?? 
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| Re: ... Traffic. Website hits. The advertisements all over YouTube's pages bring Google millions. The same way MySpace makes it's cash.
Everyone knows YouTube would die out if there was nothing but personal blog videos up there. They go there to see episode promnos, clips, music videos, things like that. That's all copyrighted. Remove that and nothing is left of YouTube. | |
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Can you do Blu?
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1 edit | Ok Viacom... ... you struck a deal with Joost, where's the freakin content?
Lots of hype, no sunstance... WTF Chuck?
Start piping the ACTUAL content and just pound YT into the weeds.
I'll watch some of it... as long as it's worth a damn.
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clubs: | spew tube AFAIK spewtube doesn't post copyrighted items, USERS do. so.. as said above, file a DMCA request to remove what belongs to viacom and thats that.
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| Cash or charge? Always nice to watch this stuff unfold. Could or would a judge just pull the plug?
There are so many youtube'ish sites out there. It seems like just yesterday I was going to Youtube for the first time and thinking "what a great site".
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Fur it up
join:2003-04-19
Portland, OR
| Says it all "YouTube is a significant, for-profit organization that has built a lucrative business out of exploiting the devotion of fans to others' creative works in order to enrich itself and its corporate parent Google,"
Above says it all.
I hope Google is hammered over this. Google could have avoided this situation simply by taking a lesson from EBay. I am an EBay seller and had a drop in sales of wedding balloons. The problem was some dirt bag with dismal feed back rip off my listing photos. I contacted EBay and the offending listing was removed in hours.
I can sympathize with Viacom; they have every right to protect their property. In addition, I feel copyright issue, blatant narcissism, and plagiarism will be the downfall of Youtube. Not only users are ripping off Viacom but also each other, especially users of you tube who will take the same poor video insert their own splash screen and post it as their own work.
PS. Viacom should be careful MTV2* had ripped off a video form Anthrocon 2006 as part of their splash screen.
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| I'm really still somewhat surprised that Google ever took on this kind of potential liability in acquiring You Tube.
To buy a business who's virtually in business for the sole reason of distributing others copyrighted works just seems like a VERY bad business decision from the start.
And then, to follow it up with what seems to be a whole lot of inaction in policing the site to remove these works seems even more bizarre a decision.
Obviously, Viacom now see's google as a potential target with their much deeper pockets. And Google has virtually set the stage for that to be the case.
Let's face it. You Tube wouldn't be much if it weren't for the copyrighted stuff they distribute. I doubt many really want to see someone else's kids birthday party videos. I guess that's why google has been so slow to act but how long can they until it catches up to them?
A billion dollar verdict against them might do the trick.
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| fiberguy
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| That is how YOU see it.. but, YouTube, for many others, is the goofy, silly, original content that people DO make on their own.
Based on what your comment stated, it appears that YOU must be one of those looking for the copyright violated material.
YouTube is far more than the so called illegal content. Ordinary people are seeing themselves in the lime light because of YouTube. Political scandals are born from YouTube... much more happens on YouTube than some viacom clips.
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Viacom Sues Google/YouTube for $1Billion
