I can almost hear Dr. Evil snicker as he places his pinky finger near the corner of his mouth and says . . . Viacom is suing Google for $1 billion over an issue with YouTube.
Here’s what Vicom has to say:
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. Their business model, which is based on building traffic and selling advertising off of unlicensed content, is clearly illegal and is in obvious conflict with copyright laws. In fact, YouTube’s strategy has been to avoid taking proactive steps to curtail the infringement on its site, thus generating significant traffic and revenues for itself while shifting the entire burden – and high cost – of monitoring YouTube onto the victims of its infringement.
MORE ARTICLES
Viacom Sues Google Over YouTube for $1 Billion – via SlashDot
Viacom sues Google, YouTube for $1 bil – via HollyWood Reporter
Viacom sues Google over copyrights – via Boston Globe
LAST WORD
“Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman told investors at an industry conference last week that traffic to Viacom-owned sites has surged since the company asked YouTube to remove its content.” – via CNN
