Excerpts from Viacom's scathing YouTube complaint

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Blame the DMCA, not Google

Interesting to see the wrath in action. What's clear to me at least, is that the real villain here is the DMCA. Google is just taking advantage of a loophole in the law. Viacom should be working with their legislators (read: donating scads of cash to them) to get the Safe Harbor provisions rewritten in a clearer manner. As it stands, Google seems to be meeting all of their obligations under the (poorly written) law.

And this bit is odd:
"reducing the incentives of America?s creative industries"
Given that YouTube has sparked a revolution of people creating their own videos, can one really say that it has reduced incentive to create?

Posted by: tic swayback   Posted on: 03/13/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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