Crooks vs Jerks.... Youtube vs Viacom

Youtube recently won a landmark case against Viacom.

Turns out Viacom not only scraped the bottom of the barrel of morality, but also were kinda big on exploiting the letter of the law rather than the spirit of the law.

An interesting irony, seeing as they are now, with their own 'youtube variant' of Spiked, guilty of virtually everything they accused Youtube of.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fpGNRmchdY

and other videos from Jeepersmedia:
http://www.youtube.com/user/JeepersMedia

Indeed it appears that time and time again these companies are about 10 years behind the technology with folk like the RIAA still functioning in the 'golden era' of 'old media' where they had a 100 % monopoly on the media, and could charge whatever they wanted for it.

-Welcome to the 21st Century-

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[mmmmmarcus]

Thunderf00t's neck is huge because his massive brain requires additional support.

[grobe42]

@Creamtea100 Sounds like neck envy to me.

[ctraver]

Proactive removal can create a sticky situation if they miss something. 

That said, they don't sound like they were seeking to limit liability at all costs.

[werewolf873]

wow viacom epic fails

[TopHatIndustries]

@mmmmmarcus i didnt notice until you pointed it out you bastard

[fucktardickis]

thunderf00t now reporting from the 11th dimensional plane

[fuzzydude64]

@Bleakillusion He was listing what shows have had clips uploaded to Youtube by users, but unlike Viacom, the owners of those shows didn't take the issue to court. Its a comparison of sorts.

[smileyking96]

It may not be much, but youtube is all we have.