Viacom-Google Case Now Hollywood vs. Internet?

[gm0n3y]

[citation][nom]Pyroflea[/nom]There's hardly any ads. Tom's Hardware has 5x the ads (not saying that's bad, just pointing it out), and even has full page ads that you have to A) Wait for it to go away, or B) Click "Skip Ad". All this, and Youtube's 2 ads per page still bothers you?[/citation]
I haven't seen any flash ads on toms. Maybe its because I'm using Chrome?

 

[Gin Fushicho]

Pathetic. Google isn't the one placing these things.... Users are uploading them. Delete it and be done with it.

 

[dtm4trix]

Viacom, the MPAA and the RIAA can all SUCK IT!

 

[liquidchild]

I wonder if Viacom remembers what happened to Metallica? Before Napster they were the biggest band in the world, now they make movies about them going to therapy....metal up your ass Lars, therapy is hardcore!!!!

 

[Guest]

my dream would come true if a ginormous mob decides to boycott viacom.

 

[henrystrawn]

Once content is transmitted sans physical medium, I think it is fair play,as long as it is NON-commerical. For those "youtube affiliates" receiving ad revenue sorry, you need to pay royalties. If you are posting to in essence "say" 'Hey, look at what I saw/heard', then it is "fair use" in my opinion. Once a work is released unlimited, it should be just that. Once you release your intellectual property with out any physical representation, your rights end for non-commercial use.

 

[rtfm]

...which is now under hot water...

Is that worse than being in hot water? The idea of banning viacom internet ads/vids on google/youtube etc is a good one. Google could also de-rank viacom product related search pages too.....

 

[gmarsack]

Google should update all Viacom related ads to only appear near ads that are completely unrelated to their products/services.

Jock Itch Cream
Plumbing Equipment
Golf Ball Cleaners
Viacom
Feminine Products
Uncle Tom's Smelly Feet

 

[signedup+1]

Viacom, you can now join the "on your knees" club.

 

[arioch13]

I just dont get the movie (Media) industries reluctance to adapt and innovate to take the best advantage of new media opportunities. At the least sites like youtube which host clips are fantastic advertising for them. Its free publicity. Not like they hosting the whole movie there. These old school media companies deserver to disappear if they keep trying to hold the rest of the world back from viewing what we want to where we want too. I respect copyright holders rights to protect their product but clips and quotes from well known films is just ridiculous in a youtube context. These people need to go back to marketing / business school and learn to recognise, understand, manage and then thrive through change, they see threat and problems where they should be seeing opportunities for growth. What rock do these guys live under that they dont see whats happening around them?

 

[arioch13]

This puts a whole new frightening twist to acts like the ACTA and similar regulations going through the UK and European parliament at the moment. (Similar in the US I believe) which will make your ISP responsible. Thank god they have removed the article disconnecting people completely from the internet. Funnily enough, the people supporting it are mainly those spending alot of time in media moguls villas and yachts of late.

 

[littlec]

Fucking Hollywood pricks need to get off their high horses.

 

[littlec]

[citation][nom]bobusboy[/nom]i dont use youtube any more; the service blows becuase of all the ads.[/citation]

This guy probably has a bunch of junk/malware installed on his box. I've yet to see any excessive ads on youtube.

 

[HappyBB]

Another example of greed (Viacoms & supporters).

 

[sublifer]

"[Viacom's] legal arguments, if accepted, would retard the development of the Internet and electronic commerce, create uncertainty for service providers regarding their legal exposure for alleged infringements, and inhabit the growth and development of user-centric online models that, day after day, make the Internet and the world more democratic," reads the brief.

Should be inhibit
That said, screw Viacom and all the rest of the content hoarding, lawsuit-happy, money-grubbing, pricks