In the recent attack by Viacom to Google’s (GOOG) Youtube, Viacom is money hungry sorta like a vampire.
I believe Youtube is actually helping Viacom more than it’s hurting them through distribution networks never thought possible before.
Think about how many countries that “don’t” get Viacom sitcoms and shows if it weren’t for the internet and Youtube.
Well, as it stands, it’s just a corporate war but from a consumer’s standpoint, Viacom is only hurting their image by going after someone who helped them be more internationally famous.
Let the freedom rule, if we let big traditional media companies like Viacom win, they will eventually start take over everything else including blogging.
NEW YORK (AP) — A $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit challenging YouTube’s ability to keep copyrighted material off its popular video-sharing site threatens how hundreds of millions of people exchange all kinds of information on the Internet, YouTube owner Google Inc. said.
Google’s lawyers made the claim in papers filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan as the company responded to Viacom Inc.’s latest lawsuit alleging that the Internet has led to “an explosion of copyright infringement” by YouTube and others.
The back-and-forth between the companies has intensified since Viacom brought its lawsuit last year, saying it was owed damages for the unauthorized viewing of its programming from MTV, Comedy Central and other networks, including such hits as “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.”
