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OCBucksFan
I won a math debate
Yeah, I saw this on Slashdot earlier. A billion dollars, Google has to be happy with that investment now. Realistically though, who didn't see this coming? I would say 65% of the content on youtube is copyright protected, and if you take that 65% off would anyone actually go to the site?
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bigballin2987;781114; said:
You are correct.
Surprised that Google acquired YouTube knowing that this was almost guaranteed to happen.
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bigballin2987;781120; said:
Frankly, I'm surprised this action wasn't taken the first week YouTube went online.
Viacom's smart for waiting until a multi-billion dollar company acquired YouTube so maybe they can get a chunk of it.
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JoJaBuckeye
First we take Michigan--then the whole world!
bigballin2987;781114; said:
Actually, it appears that other copyright holders have settled with YouTube/Google and have gotten what they believe they had coming: licensing and royalty fees.
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OCBucksFan
I won a math debate
Buckeye Buh Nim;781133; said:
I think it's a question of who's willing to pour more money into the cause, both are large companies and both have a lot of resources. If anything this looks more like an attempted strong-arm tactic by viacom to get some money from google due to the fact that theres a ton of their content on youtube.
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Buckeye Buh Nim
Loving the Bucks since 1969
OCBucksFan;781137; said:
No doubt. I doubt Google settles and will pitch their high priced lawyers vs Viacoms.
I think that Google will win its suit, but the defense won't be cheap. The winner in the end will be the Lawyers.
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