With this much money at stake, will they keep you tube on the web? I hope You tube stays on. It's great
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6446193.stm
2007-03-13 09:17:16 · 4 answers · asked by dIsTuRbEd 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Corporations
Google has more money and better lawyers than Viacom. Viacom doesnt get it, we watch the videos and its free advertising to turn people on to their programming, all they did was shoot themselves in the foot.
2007-03-13 09:23:58 · answer #1 · answered by Mark P. 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know why these companies get all upity about these things. Okay, music songs, I understand why they want legal action, but as far as tv shows, especially old ones. People could never catch these things on tv, once you miss it, and if you didn't tivo, you are out of luck. So thankfully we have people who videotaped old stuff and tivod new stuff and post it up so we can enjoy it too.
I guess I am trying to say it would be different if they were offering that stuff to common people, but they don't, so there are no advertising dollars from tv commercials they are missing.
I think why they try for legal action is because if there are ads on youtube.com that they are getting paid for, that is what the company is mad about, missing on that little slice of cheddar - as if they don't have enough cheese already.
2007-03-13 09:27:10 · answer #2 · answered by GirlUdontKnow 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yeah i agree. i hope Youtube is still on the net, i think it,s the best video sharing website out there. and so many companies are taking content off there (and for the first time) suing them. but im afraid youtube is hated as much as it is loved =(
2007-03-13 09:28:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Off course they will, Google didn't spen 2 billion dollars for nothing.
2007-03-13 09:24:23 · answer #4 · answered by TheGuy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋