Comments on: YouSued http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20070313/4324/ Technology, music, video, art, news, reviews and muse on the web Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:42:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: TDavid http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20070313/4324/#comment-454902 TDavid Tue, 13 Mar 2007 16:36:57 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20070313/4324/#comment-454902 Yeah Becca, that purchase could be the major turning point in Google history -- for the worse. If Viacom should win this case, the floodgates <i>will</i> open. Yeah Becca, that purchase could be the major turning point in Google history — for the worse. If Viacom should win this case, the floodgates will open.

]]> By: Becca http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20070313/4324/#comment-454897 Becca Tue, 13 Mar 2007 16:31:05 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20070313/4324/#comment-454897 I think your comment when Google bought YouTube was definitely accurate, as was Mark Cuban's. It may have been a large act of hubris to think they could make this work. It would be pretty wild if Google's downfall came from purchasing YouTube. Imagine that? I bet Microsoft is loving this. I think content creators are realizing they need to establish a legal, legitimate presence on the web. Services like YouTube cannot continue. This is a great way for Viacom to put their foot down. I'm hoping that internet TV takes off. I would love to get all my content on demand,<a href="http://advancedmediacommittee.typepad.com/emmyadvancedmedia/2007/01/over_the_top_fi.html">over the top, cable-bypass</a>. But, content creators won't embrace online distribution until there is some respect and protection for their content. - Becca I think your comment when Google bought YouTube was definitely accurate, as was Mark Cuban’s. It may have been a large act of hubris to think they could make this work. It would be pretty wild if Google’s downfall came from purchasing YouTube.

Imagine that? I bet Microsoft is loving this.

I think content creators are realizing they need to establish a legal, legitimate presence on the web. Services like YouTube cannot continue. This is a great way for Viacom to put their foot down.

I’m hoping that internet TV takes off. I would love to get all my content on demand,over the top, cable-bypass. But, content creators won’t embrace online distribution until there is some respect and protection for their content.

- Becca

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