Posted by allenkirshner on 03/13/07 20:04

On Mar 13, 3:09 pm, Cadderly <r...@parentsbasement.com> wrote:
> "C The Shocker" <chris...@comcast.net> wrote innews:1173800977.034341.285550@8g2000cwh.googlegroups.com:
>
> >http://money.cnn.com/2007/03/13/news/companies/youtube_viacom_reaction/
> > index.htm?cnn=yes
>
> > Once again, corporations and lawyers have destroyed something cool
> > because they aren't getting their grift.
>
> Yup, Google (a corporation 5 times bigger than Viacom) and its lawyers have
> destroyed Viacom's cool reputation, because Viacom wouldn't let them have
> Sumner Redstone's hard work for free.


-- Viacom destroyed its own reputation by not seeing the bigger
picture and realizing it would be the pariah in its battle against
YouTube. YouTube allows for instant, worldwide access for Viacom
products, yet the latter couldn't sacrifice some 'upfront' money for
greater exposure (which would lead to more money). Oh, and by the
way, Google may be five times bigger than Viacom (and I say 'may'
because I don't know if this really is the case) but Google & YouTube
have been Viacom's b*tch for at least the last month. Not only are
they removing anything Viacom files copyright infringement claims
against (be they legit or in error) but they are also suspending the
accounts of many of those who uploaded the material (showing zero
loyalty to their own subscribers and causing a slow leak of
disgruntled YouTube users to seek out alternatives, like LiveVideo).

--
Allen Kirshner
(the alt.music.lyrics TV theme guy)

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