Google = AT&T Bell Labs pre-divestiture and maybe even earlier

At the same time I do agree to contents rights.

Agree with you on the ’stupidity’ of the MPAA. The reason you keep hearing “control’ (or the lack of it) from Content Owners is that there is a fundamental lack of understanding of these new form factors in Hollywood - even if the internet is accepted as a viable way of reaching consumers, there is an attempt to slot it into a window and merrily continue pushing the same product into “just another pipe”…….there is no realization that maybe, just maybe the mobile world and the internet world are different (kinda like how when TV started it was looked at as a means for “visible radio shows”) and need content - made for THAT medium to succeed…..I feel short pieces of content that you can pick and embed onto your blog, email your friends or download onto yr mobile device would have been ideal….how about the same for movies, DVD releases - how about letting people make mashups of scenes and post it onto their social networks, mail it to their friends and spread the good word…..they just dont see the point, just dont connect the dots….its sad AND scary, especially when they end up buying all the new and innovative companies around…

Om - thanks for the response - that is why people like reading your stuff because we know you actually enjoy the banter with your readers.

Best Brian

Mark Cuban wrote an interesting piece today about how he would leverage Youtube if he was in charge of the Oscars (and he thinks the Oscars has a right to control the distribution of their brand/content)

IMO, media companies are perplexed by the explosion of youtube. Even though it provides a great audience, it does not provide any way to control what gets out there. They are worried that if distribution is eased out, the very companies who are controlling the entertainment may lose their share.

I would say it is high time that media companies come up with alternatives rather than just blocking you tube. Alternative cannot be again a fragmented solution where you have to hop in and out of abc.com nbc.com etc for what you want. Instead it should be one single place, where previously aired episodes are available, users can mark the segments that they want to publish with their comments and annotations which enhances the experience in some ways.

YouTube is great because of the community and tools around videos stored in it. What the media companies are offering in their websites is too bland and too imposing.

The argument here is not that people are watching it on YouTube and the copyright is being infringed.

I think the big point is that “youtube” style videos is what people want and that is how they want to consume the content. why not offer it to them in packaging the audience wants to see.

they clearly could have done the same thing on their respective websites and people would not go to youtube. i think it about listening to the market realities. YouTube is a leading indicator of consumer behavior when it comes to video. that’s all.