http://www.jonholato.com/2007/03/13/viacom-suing-youtube-and-google-for-1-billion/ my life, and everything in it Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:39:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.jonholato.com/2007/03/13/viacom-suing-youtube-and-google-for-1-billion/#comment-295 Jon Holato » Blog Archive » NBC and News Corp. to Challenge YouTube, Google Laughs Thu, 22 Mar 2007 22:54:40 +0000 http://www.jonholato.com/blog/2007/03/13/viacom-suing-youtube-and-google-for-1-billion/#comment-295 [...] Last week Viacom sued YouTube and Google in an effort to tame the beast that is online video. Today, NBC and News Corp. announced that they will be taking a different approach, an online video site of their own that will challenge YouTube head on. The two media behemoths said that their site, which has an unknown launch date, will contain videos from their two film and TV libraries. “There will be user-generated videos but the emphasis here is on the premium content and we think that’s the value proposition here,” said NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker. [...] [...] Last week Viacom sued YouTube and Google in an effort to tame the beast that is online video. Today, NBC and News Corp. announced that they will be taking a different approach, an online video site of their own that will challenge YouTube head on. The two media behemoths said that their site, which has an unknown launch date, will contain videos from their two film and TV libraries. “There will be user-generated videos but the emphasis here is on the premium content and we think that’s the value proposition here,” said NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker. [...]

]]> http://www.jonholato.com/2007/03/13/viacom-suing-youtube-and-google-for-1-billion/#comment-218 Jon Holato » Blog Archive » Google Says “Bring It” to Viacom Thu, 15 Mar 2007 12:11:12 +0000 http://www.jonholato.com/blog/2007/03/13/viacom-suing-youtube-and-google-for-1-billion/#comment-218 [...] On Tuesday Viacom filed a lawsuit against YouTube and Google for massive international copyright infringement. Yesterday Google responded by saying it is confident YouTube and all its other service offerings are strongly protected under current copyright law. The law they are referencing is the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) of 1998. [...] [...] On Tuesday Viacom filed a lawsuit against YouTube and Google for massive international copyright infringement. Yesterday Google responded by saying it is confident YouTube and all its other service offerings are strongly protected under current copyright law. The law they are referencing is the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) of 1998. [...]

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