computerworld.com— At the end of a Wall Street Journal interview, the Microsoft executive admitted to watching pirated videos on YouTube. What he says exhibits how ubiquitous copyright infringement has become.
Jun 21, 2006View in Crawl 4
About the YouTube/RIAA situation: I don't understand what alternative the RIAA thinks users will accept. Do they think they can make people pay to use music for a stupid dance video on YouTube? Do they expect users to pay to watch the stupid thing? I really just don't understand where they're coming from. You've got a hot technology and a bunch of enthusiastic kids doing free advertising for your content. ...and you SUE THEM? WTF?
It's natural for Bill Gates to pirate SOMETHING in his life.The only person who doesn't ever pirate, and doesn't ever have to, is Chuck Norris. Chuck Norris does, everyone else copies and pirates from him.This is the natural order of things. Bill Gates might be big, but Chuck Norris is bigger.
You're not understanding the meaning of the word. Intellectual doesn't refer to how much intelligence it took to create that song. In the term intellectual property intellectual refers to the fact that the subject matter is non-material, meaning you can't go out and hold the essence of that song in your hand. Maybe somebody should learn something about copyright law before they speak.
pathdaemonJun 22, 2006
It's easier to go to YouTube than to go to a store.
deadbabyJun 22, 2006
About the YouTube/RIAA situation: I don't understand what alternative the RIAA thinks users will accept. Do they think they can make people pay to use music for a stupid dance video on YouTube? Do they expect users to pay to watch the stupid thing? I really just don't understand where they're coming from. You've got a hot technology and a bunch of enthusiastic kids doing free advertising for your content. ...and you SUE THEM? WTF?
diggnationdevonJun 22, 2006
Well, at least Bill Gates is honest. Everyone has used something pirared at least once lol
banagorJun 22, 2006
It's natural for Bill Gates to pirate SOMETHING in his life.The only person who doesn't ever pirate, and doesn't ever have to, is Chuck Norris. Chuck Norris does, everyone else copies and pirates from him.This is the natural order of things. Bill Gates might be big, but Chuck Norris is bigger.
collegeruledJun 22, 2006
You're not understanding the meaning of the word. Intellectual doesn't refer to how much intelligence it took to create that song. In the term intellectual property intellectual refers to the fact that the subject matter is non-material, meaning you can't go out and hold the essence of that song in your hand. Maybe somebody should learn something about copyright law before they speak.
astrotrainJun 22, 2006
Gates vs. MPAA vs. RIAA... It would be like those movies where everyone has a gun pointed to them and nobody wants to give up.
binarypowerJun 22, 2006
If anyone needs a login for the WSJ article you can log in with ghtyghty and password ghtyghty (not on bugmenot)
jpowell180Jun 22, 2006
I have never heard of any laws prohibiting anyone from viewing videos on Youtube.
mcbesqJun 23, 2006
Mexican standoff
utubevideoSep 30, 2006
More great U Tube video <a class="user" href="http://u-tube-video.uutube.info/awesome-u-tube-video.html">http://u-tube-video.uutube.info/awesome-u-tube-video.html</a> here. It could have been one of these!
antdudeFeb 27, 2010
What did he watch?