GOOGLE believes the law is on its side. So does Viacom. Who’s right?
Read this article and decide for yourself.
Excerpt:
In its response to the lawsuit, filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, Google said Viacom’s allegations were unfounded and asked for a judgment dismissing the complaint.
In March, Viacom, the parent company of MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon, sued Google and YouTube, the video sharing site that Google acquired last year, saying they were deliberately building a business on a library of copyrighted video clips without permission.
Earlier this year, Viacom had asked YouTube to take down 100,000 clips that it said infringed on its copyrights.
Personally, I think Google can pull this off. And I’m hoping that in the end, it’s the consumers who will benefit when this case is resolved.
It’s time for Old Media companies to take a long, hard look at their business models.
May 5th, 2007 at 1:18 pm
You’re actually making it sound like you’re proud to be a pirate lol
May 2nd, 2007 at 6:40 am
yep
google is a pirate’s friend, our friend. Viacom can whine all they want, too bad no one really cares.
May 1st, 2007 at 11:29 pm
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