Comments on: I was wrong

By: girls basketball

girls basketball — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 00:14:13 +0000

I agree with a lot of what you wrote, but the bottom line is: people will get away with what they can get away with until there are repurcussions. If and when someone gets sued, watch how fast they (the sites) will start policing the content and making sure copyrights are not violated. And if individuals get sued, watch how fast they start getting in line and obeying the laws. These sites have run wild because they can. Once someone decides to start reigning them in, they’ll stop being so out of control.

By: Pj

Pj — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 12:30:02 +0000

I disagree. Google is still king and doesn’t “need” MySpace. Sure, it would be a boost, but they will remain tops demographically IMHO.

By: Jeromy L

Jeromy L — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 15:46:02 +0000

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/1700AP_Google_Video.html

google is being sued.

By: Ramo

Ramo — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 09:05:30 +0000

You are probably wrong again. It is almost impossible to predict the future. Trying to see a pattern is futile.

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 13:30:04 +0000

Apparently the music labels are stepping up their threats to sue, videos are being removed and YouTube is very clearly going corporate. I heard that Google was trying to make deals with record companies to put up music videos and such but it looks like you may have been right about the law suits.

By: maddux sports

maddux sports — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 09:02:48 +0000

Interesting take, I share many of your points. Very cool that you can admit when you might be wrong.

By: keith

keith — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 08:14:35 +0000

Mark,

I respect you because I know you are man enough to admit when you are wrong. Trademark of a good leader.

kw

By: Justin Young

Justin Young — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 13:04:20 +0000

Game on:

Universal Music Group said on Tuesday it filed lawsuits against online video sharing sites Grouper and Bolt.com for allowing users to swap pirated versions of its musicians' videos.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061017/wr_nm/media_universalmusic_lawsuits_dc;_ylt=AmPBv90lW7ILPVD4NKF45Sas0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3OTB1amhuBHNlYwNtdHM-

By: Rob May

Rob May — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 07:28:14 +0000

Mark,
Remember Google's little discussed acquisition of a mobile software company? (http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/aug2005/tc20050817_0949_tc024.htm)

That could be a key to their plans for YouTube.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 15:42:17 +0000

The reality is that there are thousands of people that have the skills necessary to implement great ideas that are just unable to conjure up original ideas for websites. When someone comes up with the next hot thing they all rush to mimick it and throw ads all over it. I can’t blame them, but MFA (made for adsense) sites do tend to flood the search results of many of the search engines and that gets old.