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YouTube, SueTube, could legal battles be the undoing of the world's most popular video sharing site? While the legal judgments are yet to emerge to give us all an indication of who'll win the war of the video sharing Web, it'll likely be years before anyone can truly claim to know 'how the video Web was won'.

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TOtheMOON
May 7, 2007, 8:06 a.m.
Kick butt YouTube!!
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knok
May 7, 2007, 9:09 a.m.
You win You Tube! We're on your side !
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ETproductions
May 7, 2007, 9:58 a.m.
This is a tough one. As a published author, I fully understand the desire of content generators to protect their intellectual property rights. But I think that YouTube is right about being covered by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
I also question whether Viacom isn't cutting off their own nose to spite their face. Personally, watching a movie in a tiny, grainy window on my computer screen is not w way to see a movie, it's just a way to test my interest in seeing it. If I like what I see, I'm going to pay to see the full-sized, high-resolution version.
If they succeed in keeping their content off the Internet, these content providers may actually hurt their sales. If Viacom and friends win, they will have a truly chilling effect on what gets published on the Internet. Publishers like YouTube will have to reject anything that looks halfway professional in production lest it might be copyrighted.
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Sieben
May 7, 2007, 10:50 a.m.
Im surprised it took so long, Go You Tube ,Im in your corner
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NeoCon
May 7, 2007, 10:50 a.m.
Is anyone really surprised by this?
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crespi
May 7, 2007, 12:20 p.m.
If anything, YouTube generates interest in network broadcasts.
Just like CNN, Fundamentalist Christianity, and the Republican party in general, the majors can't "read the writing on the wall."
These leviathans are headed for extinction.
I'm a HUGE copyright supporter, but YouTube is more like a digest.
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Webreader
May 7, 2007, 12:40 p.m.
Whatz the big deal about this jarring, gruesome film clip, unless taste is the issue, and whether we should continue to memorialize such an act?
It was broadcast over and over on national TV in 1992 and after, showing a "rioter" doing a sport-type celebratory dance for the camera after bashing the poor inocent trucker's brains in with a brick! Thank God the trucker, whose namesake was a famous TV producer, lived. Of course it is a piece of history like assassination footage and execution newsreel shots but I don't think it and they should be shown just for amusement.
I agree with ET. The Grateful Dead, the most popular touring band of its time, encouraged free, no charge taping of its live shows, even allowing people to plug in their own equipment into the Dead's system. They made themselves MORE popular and certainly generated more interest and sales of discs and memorabilia that continue to this day.
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ElvisPresleyNews
May 7, 2007, 1:28 p.m.
This is a lost battle. Should YouTube lose another one will just takes its place.
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Neophile
May 7, 2007, 1:32 p.m.
NBC has served 1.3 million of their own ads on YouTube in the last year:
http://youtube.com/nbc
They have nothing to complain about.
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TOtheMOON
May 7, 2007, 2:29 p.m.
Check out what happened to Metallica when they went after Napster. They lost a crapload of money, respect, and fans and they ended up doing exactly what they protested Napster about. Allowing their music to be given away. I agree with the rest. People will support YouTube and these guys are gonna regret screwing with them.
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Webreader
May 8, 2007, 1:22 p.m.
Yeah, even Jay Leno, one of NBC's "stars," makes jokes almost every night about how "no one" watches his home network. Cute comment by blackbeard about the HD toilet. Nearly bowled me over. Listen carefully you'll hear the CANned laughs. I'm gonna 'head' outta here before I 'tank' some more!
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ProudBlueTexan
May 7, 2007, 3:19 p.m.
You Tube brings us A LOT of truth we otherwise would not get from the majors.
Live by your principles, Y-T!!!
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Wizard-Creek
May 7, 2007, 8:22 p.m.
Google set aside $240 million in the YouTube deal for lawsuits. One more time it looks like the lawyers win.
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Fedquip
May 7, 2007, 10:33 p.m.
Large media corporations do not like the fact that they are losing audience members to the web.
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KSUmarksman
May 8, 2007, 12:10 a.m.
Haven't watched NBC since Seinfeld,
it would be advantageous to put a GBU or two through their offices so they don't bitch so much :)
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Fangarius
May 8, 2007, 6:59 a.m.
Here's the thing, folks. Deep down it's not as somuch protecting copyrighted works, as it's a monetary issue. Think about it, Viacom, a company that makes billions through its networks and subsidaries is suing YouTube because someone is broadcasting clips from MTV, Nickelodeon, Paramount. Yet, YouTube's not really hurting anyone because if you're fans of Viacom's shows, you'll probably go out and buy their products regardless.
But now, here's NBC reviving a practically 'cold case' about someone showing footage from a riot on YouTube. Now even if the footage is copyrighted, why is NBC suddenly sparking litigation against YouTube? To get a piece of the pie, not for integry. Same happened with Metallica vs. Napster, because the drummer got ticked when Napster took off and he missed out on his opportunity.
Personally, I feel NBC and Viacom should just get over it, because even if they do win, YouTube will be replaced by another video share. 'Nuff said.