Comments on: Viacom: Google, YouTube Founders Willfully Ignored Infringement

By: George

George — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 16:02:04 +0000

I found out that russians made a copy of my entire website and are using their Adsense account to post ads on it exactly as on my website. The ads displayed are different than on my site, but the locations are exactly the same. So the russians made a copy of my site and are earning money from Google ADs, yet months after I contacted Google and even submitted DMCA complaint to Google, the russian copycat website is still displaying Google Ads as if Google does not care and don’t enforce their own Adsense rules!? What kind of business ethics does Google have then?

Also, I contacted (twice) the owner and the hosting company and the domain registrar of the copycat “website” but no one in Russia is responding nor taking any measures. Well, one can expect that a Third World country such as Russia has no laws, but Google is located in the USA. Should I assume that the U.S. has become a Third World country? Or perhaps it’s always been a Third World country? Cause in the U.S. I was never been able to get help from the police, the authorities and the government institutions. All they do is TAKE, taxes from me.

I will see for how long Google will ignore me, since I’m a good customer of theirs. I don’t want to sue Google, because I make money from their ads and they pay me in time, but once I find a good reliable lifetime replacement, I will consider dumping them.

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By: magnum

magnum — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:32:53 +0000

What is with Viacom. Half of the videos Viacom wanted off the site were of shows that not even they air on television anymore nor sell on DVD. People want to see these select clips again and again. And if Viacom is not going to let us see them, why do they have to come and say no one can do so. Viacom needs to either give the people what they want, or stop complaining when others do so.
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By: nick

nick — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:56:39 +0000

why are so many people so woried about youtube and their”copyright infringements” when the whole purpous of a copyright is to keep people from PROFITING off of other people’s work, when NO money comes in from the video clips, which are apearently being infringed upon, ALL of the money that they make comes from the companies that PAY them hundreds of dolars for a small add to advertisethier product.
So my question is, how is it wrong to use only PART of a finished “product” for free access to anyone who may be interested,out of all technicality youtube is advertising for the companies that make the full length videos (or finished “product.”)does anyone know how hard it is to find a full length video of any thing on youtube.
maby people need to lay off they can’t help it that they make more money than everyone else!

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By: Shailendra

Shailendra — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:09:26 +0000

Without doubt youtube is the biggest video-sharing site.It should abide by the copyrights

By: Michael Koby

Michael Koby — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:24:55 +0000

There are a couple of questions at stake here. One is that of fair use. One could argue (and probably successfully) that uploading small 30-90 second clips of a 30 minute program might constitute fair use. You're not uploading the entire show, only a piece that you found amusing, interesting, or informative.

So with that in mind, one has to also ask, "what constitutes as infringement?"

I mean if a small clip can't be uploaded (and I will note that Viacom DID upload content to YouTube, they pulled it all off right before they sued), what can? Also, they use the Groakster ruling as a basis, but wasn't the Groakster ruling about sharing music (ie complete songs/works)? So how does that fit into this case exactly since most clips on YouTube are around 1 minute and half in length?

I think it's funny that people are all like "Yay Viacom" but really, Viacom is trying to hold on to an old business model, and not adapting to a changing market.

Also, U.S. Copyright law is seriously outdated and needs to be adjusted to account for new technologies.

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By: George Riddick

George Riddick — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:49:21 +0000

Dear Ryan,

Forget this civil case for a moment. PLEASE.

Are you familiar with the criminal statutes of this country as they relate to willful copyright infringement?

If just a small fraction of your reporting is true, how is it that ALL of these referenced YouTube co-founders and key employees are not behind bars ... along with the entire executive team and Board of Directors of Google?

The PRO IP Act of 2008 allocated money to put these kinds of people in jail. I will find out in my scheduled meetings up in D.C. in late March and April why the money given to the DOJ, Copyright Czar, and others is not being used as intended.

How can anyone in this country expect for China, Russia, and Brazil to clean up their piracy acts when we turn our heads away from behavior such as this and allow piracy to turn three spoiled and obviously crooked teenagers into billionaires?

I have never been as disgusted with anything in this country (Wall Street scandal included) in my entire life, and I've been at this technology game for over 30 years now.

I think the honest business people and taxpayers of the United States of America deserve some answers ... and NOW!

What about you?

George Riddick Chairman/CEO Imageline, Inc.

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:14:15 +0000

YouTube seems to be the biggest entertainment site in the world. But the copyright infringement is the biggest issue in entertainment world. Youtube should always abide by the copyrights.

Congrats to Viacom.