http://newteevee.com/2008/12/09/no-end-in-sight-for-critical-viacom-youtube-dmca-case/ NewTeeVee Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:42:24 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://newteevee.com/2008/12/09/no-end-in-sight-for-critical-viacom-youtube-dmca-case/#comment-261645 Copyright Meets a New Foe: The Real-Time Web | Digital Asset Management Tue, 26 May 2009 06:03:35 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=13718#comment-261645 <p>[...] YouTube should take more responsibility than the current reading of DMCA requires. But that case isplodding along in the courts. Meanwhile, Internet users are sharing and consuming content at a furious rate. And what’s [...]</p> [...] YouTube should take more responsibility than the current reading of DMCA requires. But that case isplodding along in the courts. Meanwhile, Internet users are sharing and consuming content at a furious rate. And what’s [...]

]]> http://newteevee.com/2008/12/09/no-end-in-sight-for-critical-viacom-youtube-dmca-case/#comment-261498 Copyright Meets a New Worthy Foe: The Real-Time Web Fri, 22 May 2009 04:01:38 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=13718#comment-261498 <p>[...] should take more responsibility than the current reading of DMCA requires — but that’s plodding along in the courts. Meanwhile, Internet users are sharing and consuming content at a furious rate. And what’s [...]</p> [...] should take more responsibility than the current reading of DMCA requires — but that’s plodding along in the courts. Meanwhile, Internet users are sharing and consuming content at a furious rate. And what’s [...]

]]> http://newteevee.com/2008/12/09/no-end-in-sight-for-critical-viacom-youtube-dmca-case/#comment-261403 Comedy Central’s Video Player: So Bad it’s Funny Thu, 21 May 2009 04:01:25 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=13718#comment-261403 <p>[...] are getting screwed, given they’re such a key online asset, one that sparked Viacom’s still unsettled $1 billion lawsuit against YouTube over user uploads of clips (at the time the network hardly even [...]</p> [...] are getting screwed, given they’re such a key online asset, one that sparked Viacom’s still unsettled $1 billion lawsuit against YouTube over user uploads of clips (at the time the network hardly even [...]

]]> http://newteevee.com/2008/12/09/no-end-in-sight-for-critical-viacom-youtube-dmca-case/#comment-256133 To Hold onto Music Content, YouTube May Ditch Long-Held Hub Strategy « NewTeeVee Wed, 04 Mar 2009 23:31:34 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=13718#comment-256133 <p>[...] Meanwhile, MTV is trying to reclaim its music video crown for the Internet age, while its parent company Viacom is still suing YouTube. [...]</p> [...] Meanwhile, MTV is trying to reclaim its music video crown for the Internet age, while its parent company Viacom is still suing YouTube. [...]

]]> http://newteevee.com/2008/12/09/no-end-in-sight-for-critical-viacom-youtube-dmca-case/#comment-252617 George Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:03:59 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=13718#comment-252617 <p>Wonder if the recent licensing breakdown with Warner Music had anything to do with the Viacom. It seems like the downturn in the economy is putting YouTube into a license crunch with its biggest partners, hence Google's investment may turn out to be a bust. This trial will certainly be the turning point for sure regarding the future of YouTube. Another curious aspect is why Mr. Dauman chose to prosecute the same company where his son is employed, after all it could have been considered by him as a family business, and accept a lower licensing fee for the Viacom videos.</p> Wonder if the recent licensing breakdown with Warner Music had anything to do with the Viacom. It seems like the downturn in the economy is putting YouTube into a license crunch with its biggest partners, hence Google’s investment may turn out to be a bust. This trial will certainly be the turning point for sure regarding the future of YouTube.
Another curious aspect is why Mr. Dauman chose to prosecute the same company where his son is employed, after all it could have been considered by him as a family business, and accept a lower licensing fee for the Viacom videos.

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