Turborama
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Sat Mar-20-10 01:15 AM
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The juicy details behind the Viacom - YouTube lawsuit |
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Edited on Sat Mar-20-10 02:10 AM by Turborama
If you're looking for a delicious tale about corporate guile, greed, and cynicism – and you have lots of time to spare -- then check out the newly unsealed court filings that Viacom and Google posted yesterday in the entertainment company's $1 billion copyright infringement suit against Google-owned YouTube. Full article here: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/technologylive/post/2010/03/media-morning-the-juicy-details-behind-the-viacom-youtube-lawsuit/1The 108 page filing: http://static.googleusercontent.com/external_content/untrusted_dlcp/www.google.com/en/us/press/pdf/20100318_google_viacom_youtube_memorandum.pdf
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Sat Mar-20-10 01:20 AM
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1. I'll wait for Rachell or Dylan to explain it to me |
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Edited on Sat Mar-20-10 01:22 AM by upi402
"virality"ok :)
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Sat Mar-20-10 01:48 AM
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3. Pretty much a complete non-issue outside of WorkCamp America. |
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Edited on Sat Mar-20-10 01:48 AM by Greyhound
The article's pretty short but it seems to boils down to Viacom sees Google has really deep pockets and is fishing for a payout.
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google counter sues and wins.....
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