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Originally Posted by mykalberta
Google bought youtube for 1.65bil.
They are not cash positive, and likely never will be, what they are is a measurable asset with no goods except to rebroadcast ugc and non ugc, google uses them like they do everything else as organic advertising to feed the search engine.
That is what is more difficult to monetize, what does CNN using youtube to host debates bring to to Google as search revenue? Because guaranteed if youtube was only pure ugc CNN wouldnt have used them.
Some of their more popular ones are ugc now yes, but I am sure if the lawsuit goes to court instead of settling they will ask for the records since Youtubes inception which should show that their initial and likely entire initial growth was fueled by copywrited material.
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I still don't seem to understand. Just what is your argument?
Youtube (aka. Google) is protected by the USA DMCA safe harbor provisions.
Thus Viacom complaining of copyrighted material is irrelevant. They must
use the appropriate methods to ask Youtube to remove the content.
Youtube is NOT liable for any infringement under the safe harbor provisions.
Neither is Comcast. Or AT&T. Or any other provider, and Youtube
falls in the same category as them.
Youtube follows the procedure correctly. Complaint made, content removed,
unless it can be showed that the complaint is not valid (by a variety of
methods).
This is not a case about current law, even Viacom has admitted it doesn't have
much of a chance of winning, they would have to get very lucky in court. This is
about the law Viacom would like to have.
That law is the one you alluded to earlier in the thread. Make it so ANY
video of any quality is illegal to upload.
So, first sue knowing you will lose. Then go cry to <insert senator/congressman>
to make a draconian law you want, because the current law puts undue
burden on the copyright holder [who else should have to prove copyright??].
Think about the law you are advocating. You would not be able to upload
any video, your homevideo, your friends videos, anything to anywhere.
ers