Viacom vs Youtube
I'm thinking that Youtube will probably win this round. But let's say that Viacom does win, what type of effect will any decision against Youtube have on blogsites and message boards like this one. If a user posts a link to an article, newsclip, etc will they have then violated US copyright law. Who will be held responsable, the user or the website? I'm interested in getting some opinions on these issues.
Originally posted by Grand_Moff_Gav
Well, I'm not sure if you've ever uploaded videos and what not but the servers are prone to crashing leaving you sitting for hours with a video half uploaded...or there is the comment system which doesn't work, the video response feature is also very temperamental and dear god how I hate the HCI!
Originally posted by PVS
forgot to add that. frustrating as **** that is
its 50/50 on my home computer with firefox, but at work on mac/safari
it simply does not work at all
I've uploaded a few. Never experienced any problems with it though.
Regarding the topic though, I'm starting to think that this case will have some major impacts on copyright law. I'm thinking that they should lower the standards a bit on digital copyrights. Some of these media companies think they should be entitled to make money off of everything. After a point, this type of mentality can be a bit over-controlling and intrusive.
I mean, I think an individual should be able to share media files with friends and family members. Who the hell cares if all of their friends own a copy or not. I don't have to get any permission from a car company, when my friend asks to use my car. Same rational should be applied to digital media.
To me, it's kind of silly how Viacom and other companies are getting upset about people posting clips of TV shows and whatnot. Same with anime. Half of the stuff would never even have a market in the states if it weren't for overzealous fans posting clips and fansubbers.