Is every company in the world who sues another person, or company, THAT greedy? You can't take the money with you when you die. The money stays here while you are six feet under!
Google owns Youtube now, and Viacom is now suing them because there are thousands of tv shows and clips of shows on youtube. Why? Youtube ISN'T charging a soul to watch those shows, so why sue? What in the world is wrong with a video on a website that does not charge anyone to view it?
Is this kinda the same as file sharing? Maybe it could be the fact that sites like keepvid.com allows people to download youtube videos, and viacom knows this? Maybe the companies think that they are being ripped off, that there could be a potential goldmine in setting up a site to charge people to watch videos, and youtube, along with keepvid, prevents that?
Geez!! The dollar signs are in the eyes of all these damn sue-happy companies. If i owned a company like viacom, i wouldn't care!
2007-03-13 09:18:51 · 3 answers · asked by snafu1 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Viacom owns these shows, not YouTube, not Google, and not the person who uploaded them. Viacom makes their money off of the advertising on these shows, and when they are on YouTube they don't usually have commericals, therefore Viacom is losing money(theortically).
Maybe Viacom is being greedy, but it is their right to refuse that these shows only be shown where they want them to, and that includes YouTube. It isn't that YouTube is charging people it is that Viacom feels they are not making all the money they can off of these shows.
2007-03-13 09:27:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The uproar is that thousands of people are willfully violating federal laws, as opposed to just dozens a couple decades ago.
If you think copyright laws are wrong, and people should be punished for making copies unless they profit from it, then you are welcome to try and get the laws changed.
But under the laws as they currently exist, what these people are doing is illegal. So, if people are breaking the law, what's wrong with going after them?
2007-03-13 09:32:46 · answer #2 · answered by coragryph 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the product of your hard work and expense were stolen and used by others, you might feel differently. Not all copyright holders are millionaires.
2007-03-13 09:27:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋