Viacom still doesn’t get it?
Posted March 13th, 2007 by Anthony Filed Under:
As you might have heard already Viacom is suing you-tube for $1 billion.
Are they nuts? I don’t know about you but I have been watching more of Viacom’s content on their stations more because of what I see on YouTube. In fact I have to say the reason I started watching The Daily Show and The Colbert Report is because of the clips I have seen on YouTube.
Put two and two together Viacom. Free publicity for your shows on
YouTube equals you not footing the bill the advertising costs would have cost you for the shows anyways. If your really worried then its time for you to invest a boat load of money into the streaming arena and offer your shows for us to view as easily as YouTube can do it, until then stop complaining because you are only making yourselves look like out dated fools.
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2 Responses to “Viacom still doesn’t get it?”
It is stupid fir Viacom to sure and I dont think they will win, but Viacom will definitely get something out of it.
YouTube clearly states that your only allowed to upload original content, if you are not authorized to upload a certain clip its basically on your ass. I actually ran into that problem not too long ago. I had uploaded a video that I found in WMA format on another website…shortley there after I received a rather threatening eMail stating that I am required to delete the video and if I dont do so they were going to take legal actions.
First off, let me just say- Google should have never bought YouTube. It was bad for google, even worse for the YouTube community-
But anyway, Viacom is retarded. I know Craig Ferguson has become extremely popular because of YouTube, and hell, even I think he’s funny after seeing his clips. They fail to realize the potential in allowing 10 minute clips of their shows on a website.
I could understand an uproar if you could upload 60 minute episodes, but 10 minutes is the current max, which is a great preview for any show.