Comments on: You Go Viacom !

By: coskunlar vinc

coskunlar vinc — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:30:10 +0000

Why does YouTube get $1.6b? It\’s not because all the viewers are tuning in to see Sally dance with her cat. These companies get financing and build out all these great platforms, put money in there pocket, then expect the content players to show up and play in their sandbox based on their rules. They have had a relative pass from Wall Street.

By: master-article

master-article — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 00:26:31 +0000

I don\'t always agree with everything you have written about YouTube, but I certainly agree with the following quote:

\"THe entertainment industry may not be great at many things, but getting copyright law changed to meet their expecations is one thing they are better than any one at.\"

I believe the DMCA is currently broken and needs to be fixed in order to address consumer facing file storing products, particularly those that are indexed and can be searched and reviewed by other users.

It will be very interesting to see how this case unfolds, as well as the future of the DMCA in the coming years.

By: Jack Taddeo

Jack Taddeo — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 18:18:30 +0000

Mark,
Give it up. When it comes to understanding why the creators of entertainment content would want to protect their creations from a bunch of cheap bastards who only want to steal content, the vast majority of netheads are CLUELESS. You, I and a few others are alone in our clarity between right and wrong. Right: I want a can of Coke so I pay for it. Wrong: I want a CD or movie so I steal it. Seems pretty obvious to me.

By: lloyd Allen

lloyd Allen — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 00:12:05 +0000

John and Sally upload a copyrighted video. I watch it along with 100, 000 other people; \”We are family.\” We like it, we go watch the series on TV or go by the CD. I have discovered so many bands on You Tube and I go and by their music. I am waiting on an import from Germany right now. Viacom is creating such ill will for themselves and their brands, poor MTV, to have to take this kind of hit. I smell falling ratings.

By: Glib Grouse

Glib Grouse — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 19:24:10 +0000

Mark- do you support and will you contribute to the continued purchase of IP laws by content owners? While the current trend is perhaps a likely prediction of what\’s to come, for those of us without a horse in this game, there is no reason to root for that to happen. (outside of the long term access to works which surely would never have been created if the artist hadn\’t been thinking about his great-grandchildren being able to live the high life on his royalties).

While I have no illusions as to the fact that IP laws can be and are bought, why not root for the company with the cajones to to buck the trend? Lobbying dollars change laws, but so do large shifts in behavior. Truly different approaches to technology make this happen. People just trying to catch a buck off the shift end up fighting the inefficient (even if personally pragmatic) battle to constantly buy a legal leg up.

By: Jax

Jax — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 20:54:22 +0000

Just because it\’s digital doesn\’t make it free.

By: Boris

Boris — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 20:43:18 +0000

Mark, there is more to it than just the business side.

Viacom is ruining its image. Boycott movements against Viacom have already begun by many YouTubers. Average people will hear about this and think badly of Vicom.

Do you think YouTube should regulate ever little bit of content uploaded. They already do not allow porn. One of the reasons people like YouTube is that they can talk about anything and upload any videos and theyare almost instantly posted for anyone to see.

The truth is that Viacom does get publicity for its shows by showing them on YouTube. People still have to watch the premieres of the show on tv.

By the way.. Viacom owns iFilm, which is a competitor to YouTube. I think that is the major motivation for this.

Please watch my video on the subject:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyP2UScckns

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 15:06:14 +0000

In January 2005, on this blog, you wrote:

\"This is a call to action. Call your representative. Call your senator. Let them know that you respect the rights of the content industry, but that protecting innovation is more important. Our future could depend on it.\"

I couldn\'t agree more. Let\'s hope that YouTube prevails, so that consumers are continually offered better, more user friendly products and services.

By: Daniel Eder

Daniel Eder — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 09:28:11 +0000

You are absolutely, right.
I like what fuckedgoogle.com says about it and i believe it.
The youtube deal was just made to stuff some old boys network wallet with money not because it was a smart move.

By: Zip Code

Zip Code — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:19:40 +0000

It will be interesting to see how Google, the 800 pound search guerilla, fairs from this lawsuit. I am assuming they will settle before this goes to court. If not they will probably loose and their stock price will take a hit.

This lawsuit could open up the flood gates for more lawsuits to come. Google really has opened up a Pandoras Box with the purchase of Youtube.