Comments on: No End in Sight for Critical Viacom-YouTube DMCA case

By: Performers Rights « InfoCommons

Performers Rights « InfoCommons — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:41:30 +0000

[...] There was the well-publicised You Tube blocking of videos and the dispute involving You Tube and Viacom. This topic will feature in my new course next year. Here are some useful links to relevant [...]

By: Copyright Meets a New Foe: The Real-Time Web | Digital Asset Management

[...] YouTube should take more responsibility than the current reading of DMCA requires. But that case isplodding along in the courts. Meanwhile, Internet users are sharing and consuming content at a furious rate. And what’s [...]

By: Copyright Meets a New Worthy Foe: The Real-Time Web

[...] should take more responsibility than the current reading of DMCA requires — but that’s plodding along in the courts. Meanwhile, Internet users are sharing and consuming content at a furious rate. And what’s [...]

By: Comedy Central’s Video Player: So Bad it’s Funny

Comedy Central’s Video Player: So Bad it’s Funny — Thu, 21 May 2009 04:01:25 +0000

[...] are getting screwed, given they’re such a key online asset, one that sparked Viacom’s still unsettled $1 billion lawsuit against YouTube over user uploads of clips (at the time the network hardly even [...]

By: To Hold onto Music Content, YouTube May Ditch Long-Held Hub Strategy « NewTeeVee

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 23:31:34 +0000

[...] Meanwhile, MTV is trying to reclaim its music video crown for the Internet age, while its parent company Viacom is still suing YouTube. [...]

By: George

George — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:03:59 +0000

Wonder if the recent licensing breakdown with Warner Music had anything to do with the Viacom. It seems like the downturn in the economy is putting YouTube into a license crunch with its biggest partners, hence Google's investment may turn out to be a bust. This trial will certainly be the turning point for sure regarding the future of YouTube. Another curious aspect is why Mr. Dauman chose to prosecute the same company where his son is employed, after all it could have been considered by him as a family business, and accept a lower licensing fee for the Viacom videos.