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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsVEVO CEO Tries To Explain Pirated NFL playoff game on it's screens at Sundance venue.
Last edited Sat Feb 11, 2012, 06:34 AM - Edit history (1)
http://techcrunch.com/2012/02/10/vevo-ceo-tries-to-explain-their-hypocritical-act-of-piracy-at-sundance/The incident was immensely hypocritical, given that VEVO is owned in part by Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment (with EMI licensing its content to the service) the same music labels that have made a habit of attacking consumers over alleged acts of piracy.
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I dont have any proof to indicate that what Caraeff writes is incorrect, but Im raising my eyebrow at this explanation. The game was playing the entire time I was at the PowerStation this wasnt just a brief blip and it was playing on several screens, so it was hard to miss, too. After all, one of the key aims of this event was to feature VEVO videos, it wasnt as if these screens were hidden in a corner.
Likewise, this wasnt a case of someone launching the stream and walking away I saw the mouse cursor appear onscreen at least twice, and someone was pretty clearly doing their best to make sure it was watchable. That said, as you can see toward the end of the video below at around 1:39, the computer was potentially accessible to non-employees. But it was hardly inviting, and I have a hard time believing a random guest could just commandeer the computer without any employees noticing.
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Furthermore, this seems no different than an accused pirate explaining that they left their Wifi open, only to have it used by someone else to download content illegally. Which happens to be a defense the RIAA has previously fought vigilantly against, when it sought to make owners of ISP accounts liable for any infringing activity, even if the owner had no knowledge of it. Hypocrisy, indeed.
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VEVO CEO Tries To Explain Pirated NFL playoff game on it's screens at Sundance venue. (Original Post)
TalkingDog
Feb 2012
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customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)1. Aren't playoff games available
on "free" (broadcast) TV anyway? BFD.
TalkingDog
(9,001 posts)2. This was a pirated game. Rebroadcast. Which, if you listen to the tag line at the end of a game
is verboten.
The point is, they are doing the same things they are trying to quash in the home user. Should they get a pass because they are a corporation?
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)4. Believe me, I wasn't taking the side of the corporation
It just seemed odd to me that anyone would give a hoot about something that was already being broadcast on networks where anyone with an antenna in range could get the signal.
Yeah, I've heard that line so many times, that apparently it just ceased to have any meaning to me. I guess they take it pretty seriously.
Sgent
(5,857 posts)3. Not really
the broadcast games are only free for home / personal use.
Even churches have been sued / gotten cease and desist letters for showing them.