Hello Everyone,
I read the article from the Onion called "Viacom Demands YouTube Pull 400,000 Ex-TV Viewers From Its Site" and I thought that it was a pretty good satire of how two big companies are battling over intellectual property over the Internet. The real issue is that Viacom wants YouTube a video sharing website to pull all of the licensed material that Viacom owns after failed contract agreements on revenue rights led to tension between the companies. YouTube has trouble policing its site which Viacom is pursuing this flaw legally. The joke of the article states that Viacom is saying that they want Youtube to give back their 400,000 viewers. "Viacom demanded that YouTube immediately pull 400,000 ex-TV viewers from its industry-leading video-sharing site."
I enjoyed the satire because it is so hard to police and set up laws when it comes to the Internet which I believe is going to be a huge problem in the future as more and more businesses move online and greater revenues are gained through the Internet and taken away from traditional media. Who is going to set these guidelines? Who is going to make sure they are followed? And how is that going to work over country boarders as the Internet is worldwide? These are all questions that I can not answer but are looking forward to see how they play out in the future.
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Hey Ben,
I hope you're able to connect onto Blogger more efficiently now. I read the article you reference to in this post and I too find it quite the comedy. It's also a shame that according to Viacom, if YouTube does not follow the infringement policy, "Viacom will not hesitate to assert its ownership rights to its intellectual property."
Shouldn't this have been a concern prior to this occurrence? It makes me think of 9/11 and our airport security prior to and after the tragedy. We should as human beings always be alert and ahead of the game and not sitting around waiting for disaster to strike in order to react. Anyways, have a nice day!
Thank you for your interest in my blog. I am glad you atleast partially agree. Also glad to here you found some humor in this article as well.
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