Comments on: Sign O’ the Times: Prince to Sue YouTube http://newteevee.com/2007/09/13/sign-o-the-times-prince-sues-youtube/ NewTeeVee Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:57:43 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Is Prince a Creep on YouTube? « NewTeeVee http://newteevee.com/2007/09/13/sign-o-the-times-prince-sues-youtube/#comment-238556 Is Prince a Creep on YouTube? « NewTeeVee Fri, 30 May 2008 17:58:22 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2007/09/13/sign-o-the-times-prince-sues-youtube/#comment-238556 <p>[...] markedly different approaches. Prince set his sites on YouTube back in September when he announced plans to sue the video-sharing site for not filtering out unauthorized content. Radiohead, on the other hand, [...]</p> [...] markedly different approaches. Prince set his sites on YouTube back in September when he announced plans to sue the video-sharing site for not filtering out unauthorized content. Radiohead, on the other hand, [...]

]]> By: trademark registration http://newteevee.com/2007/09/13/sign-o-the-times-prince-sues-youtube/#comment-200625 trademark registration Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:49:19 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2007/09/13/sign-o-the-times-prince-sues-youtube/#comment-200625 <p>Davis makes a really good point. If the music industry is just going to go after the big companies like eBay and Youtube, then it's clear that they have ulterior motives. I don't believe that Prince cares about the music, he just wants the attention and money.</p> Davis makes a really good point. If the music industry is just going to go after the big companies like eBay and Youtube, then it’s clear that they have ulterior motives. I don’t believe that Prince cares about the music, he just wants the attention and money.

]]> By: EA http://newteevee.com/2007/09/13/sign-o-the-times-prince-sues-youtube/#comment-111998 EA Wed, 19 Sep 2007 12:35:07 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2007/09/13/sign-o-the-times-prince-sues-youtube/#comment-111998 <p>prince is right when he says they are making money off him. without all the content these sites have (both copyright infringing and not) they would have no traffic and without any traffic they have no ad clicks. youtube has made bank off creators AND content providers (users who upload). and has given them nothing in return. the reason other big companies don't sue is because they are making insider deals with youtube/google (this is a rumour but it seems true)... Prince on the other hand has always acted independently of these publishers/labels.</p> prince is right when he says they are making money off him. without all the content these sites have (both copyright infringing and not) they would have no traffic and without any traffic they have no ad clicks. youtube has made bank off creators AND content providers (users who upload). and has given them nothing in return. the reason other big companies don’t sue is because they are making insider deals with youtube/google (this is a rumour but it seems true)… Prince on the other hand has always acted independently of these publishers/labels.

]]> By: Chris Albrecht http://newteevee.com/2007/09/13/sign-o-the-times-prince-sues-youtube/#comment-108595 Chris Albrecht Fri, 14 Sep 2007 18:25:48 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2007/09/13/sign-o-the-times-prince-sues-youtube/#comment-108595 <p>Hi Davis,</p> <p>Knowing some Prince fans, if his royal badness did sue them, they'd frame the papers they were served. Prince is a pretty famous eccentric, so who really knows what his end game is here.</p> Hi Davis,

Knowing some Prince fans, if his royal badness did sue them, they’d frame the papers they were served. Prince is a pretty famous eccentric, so who really knows what his end game is here.

]]> By: Prince Sues YouTube http://newteevee.com/2007/09/13/sign-o-the-times-prince-sues-youtube/#comment-108541 Prince Sues YouTube Fri, 14 Sep 2007 17:12:38 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2007/09/13/sign-o-the-times-prince-sues-youtube/#comment-108541 <p>[...] aka The Artist Formerly Known As Clueful, has joined the litigious bandwagon ignoring the DMCA and suing YouTube — “to reclaim his art on the Internet.” Riiiight. Apparently, someone [...]</p> [...] aka The Artist Formerly Known As Clueful, has joined the litigious bandwagon ignoring the DMCA and suing YouTube — “to reclaim his art on the Internet.” Riiiight. Apparently, someone [...]

]]> By: Davis Freeberg http://newteevee.com/2007/09/13/sign-o-the-times-prince-sues-youtube/#comment-108496 Davis Freeberg Fri, 14 Sep 2007 15:52:05 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2007/09/13/sign-o-the-times-prince-sues-youtube/#comment-108496 <p>If Prince is so upset about this, why doesn't he just start suing his fans that are uploading the content instead of the sites that are hosting it. After a couple of lawsuits, people would figure it out and would stop helping to promote his material. It's easy to try and go after YouTube, but they really aren't doing anything wrong. If Prince feels that strongly, there is a way to identify these uploaders. It's not the direction that I think the music industry should head, but it makes more sense then trying to sue an aggregator. What's next, we sue Yahoo! for letting me search for .mp3 files that are found on the internet? If the studios really think it's that easy for YouTube to block infringing videos, then they shouldn't have any trouble setting up some filters and finding the content themselves.</p> If Prince is so upset about this, why doesn’t he just start suing his fans that are uploading the content instead of the sites that are hosting it. After a couple of lawsuits, people would figure it out and would stop helping to promote his material. It’s easy to try and go after YouTube, but they really aren’t doing anything wrong. If Prince feels that strongly, there is a way to identify these uploaders. It’s not the direction that I think the music industry should head, but it makes more sense then trying to sue an aggregator. What’s next, we sue Yahoo! for letting me search for .mp3 files that are found on the internet? If the studios really think it’s that easy for YouTube to block infringing videos, then they shouldn’t have any trouble setting up some filters and finding the content themselves.

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