Viacom sues YouTube for $1 billion

**maalox** · 03-13-2007, 06:28 AM

Holy shit...that's gonna leave a mark

**LilBro** · 03-13-2007, 06:29 AM

and down goes youtube

**TeenCat** · 03-13-2007, 06:32 AM

umm google with banners and advertisement all around? holly sh*t money talks

**Tanya_AWP** · 03-13-2007, 06:34 AM

Money gets more money....

**SteveLightspeed** · 03-13-2007, 06:40 AM

about time

**Got Porn?** · 03-13-2007, 06:52 AM

Youtube isn’t looking like that great of an investment now.

**Rhesus** · 03-13-2007, 06:52 AM

Fossils over at Viacom...

**PR_Sebas** · 03-13-2007, 06:55 AM

well i heard they tried to cut a deal so viacom stuff could be on youtube... i guess after talks fell through and youtube didnt remove all the videos.. they sued... its the american way...

**Sosa** · 03-13-2007, 06:56 AM

sweeet jebus!

**Jakke PNG** · 03-13-2007, 06:57 AM

That's fucking awesome. I hope viacom wins. Then that ruling can be used against rapidshare etc.. doesn't seem to matter WHO uploads the shit, the operator is STILL responsible.

**Trax** · 03-13-2007, 06:58 AM

haha this was sooo clear
mark cuban was kinda right...

**jeffrey** · 03-13-2007, 07:01 AM

Originally posted by TeenGodFather

That's fucking awesome. I hope viacom wins. Then that ruling can be used against rapidshare etc.. doesn't seem to matter WHO uploads the shit, the operator is STILL responsible.

Thats exactly what I was thinking.
Although rapid share and others do take down links if you ask them too.

Would be good against all the content sharing forums aswell.

**Dirty Dane** · 03-13-2007, 07:03 AM

Originally posted by TeenGodFather

That's fucking awesome. I hope viacom wins. Then that ruling can be used against rapidshare etc.. doesn't seem to matter WHO uploads the shit, the operator is STILL responsible.

true true

**Star 69** · 03-13-2007, 07:09 AM

1 billion. not bad

**fris** · 03-13-2007, 07:11 AM

and lets watch google stock go down points

**DamageX** · 03-13-2007, 07:12 AM

"YouTube's strategy has been to avoid taking proactive steps to curtail the infringement on its site," Viacom said in a statement. "Their business model, which is based on building traffic and selling advertising off of unlicensed content, is clearly illegal and is in obvious conflict with copyright laws."

I guess YouTube can start selling advertising to AFF now.

**Farang** · 03-13-2007, 07:13 AM

ouch

**HeadPimp** · 03-13-2007, 07:15 AM

Originally posted by Fris

and lets watch google stock go down points

Down about $4 right now I do believe.

The fact is that Viacom has a legitimate beef, and if YouTube isn't proactive in stopping the distribution of copyrighted content, then they are at fault.

**Turf** · 03-13-2007, 07:21 AM

Originally posted by jeffrey

Thats exactly what I was thinking.
Although rapid share and others do take down links if you ask them too.

Would be good against all the content sharing forums aswell.

that might be but it can still be downloaded tons of time before you even find out its on there...

**SxDx** · 03-13-2007, 07:28 AM

was only a matter of time

Viacom sues YouTube for $1 billion

Viacom sues YouTube for $1 billion

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