Well, we downloaded the web browser for the Wii, watched YouTube on the family bigscreen TV, and now our video-viewing habits are irrevocably changed. It may or may not be a good thing, but there you are.
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Viacom Sues YouTube
By Marty Schwimmer on
Posted in YouTube
Viacom Press Release:
NEW YORK, March 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA and
VIA.B) today announced that it has sued YouTube and Google in U.S. District
Court for the Southern District of New York for massive intentional
copyright infringement of Viacom’s entertainment properties. The suit seeks
more than $1 billion in damages, as well…
Watching YouTube
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Posted in YouTube
TechCrunch: “Good News, Bad News at GooTube”
Good Morning Silicon Valley: “YouTube Hopes Classy Brits Jumpstart Its Gentrification Plan.”
Washngton Post: “YouTube Struggles Despite Dominance”
NHL Policy On Use Of Videos
New Tee Vee: “Is NHL Putting YouTube On Ice?”
“The NHL, which gained nearly universal praise for its decision to allow widespread use and sharing of highlight clips on YouTube, seems to be putting the practice of allowing embedding on ice, with some NHL clips on YouTube now sporting the line Embedding disabled…
Claiming Ownership In A Viral Video
New TeeVee: Legend of Bridezilla: You Can’t Own a YouTube Hit (discussing multiple claims of ownership, copying and unauthorized sale of videos on YouTube).
Reel Pop: ‘A Brief Guide to Online Video Lawsuits”
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Posted in YouTube
Reel Pop: “A Brief guide to Online Video Lawsuits” (collection of information on litigation against the major video-sharing sites. Details on lawsuits and subpoenas against Veoh, Bolt, Grouper, YouTube, Google Video and MySpace.
Some Posts On the Viacom/YouTube Spat
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NewTeeVee: ‘YouTube Should Call Viacom’s Bluff‘
Mark Cuban: ‘Gootube Terrorizes Copyright Owners by Withholding Filters‘ (in which he advocates the uploading of porn to YouTube to test its filtering abilities.
Reel Pop: “YouTube’s inability to remove copyrighted clips could get it sued” (in which it monitors Google’s progress in
GEMA v. YouTube and MySpace?
By Marty Schwimmer on
NewTeeVee: “YouTube, MySpace Face European Copyright Clash“:
“Collective licensing organizations throughout the continent have been demanding compliance in recent months, seeking their share of the potential billions generated by online video. At the forefront of this movement is GEMA – a German organization that now now has its sights on YouTube and MySpace.”
YouTube Statistic Of The Day
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NBC Universal has three employees who view YouTube everyday for studio-owned material, and sends 1,000 requests a month to YouTube to take down such material. From: “Hollywood Asks YouTube: Friend or Foe?”