today.reuters.com — Viacom Inc. has demanded that Google Inc.'s online video service YouTube pull down all of its video clips after they failed to reach an agreement, the company said. About 100,000 video clips from Viacom-owned properties including MTV Networks and BET has been asked to be removed.
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mtwmikeFeb 2, 2007
The MTV brand has gone down in value a lot. MTV would want to keep the clips on Youtube so that bloggers can use them to promote their wack ass shows.
kdeheadFeb 2, 2007
but pop music videos are by themselves, advertising clips. advertising the artist and their music visually.what i mean is - would say, Nike or Apple,really mind if we all uploaded our favourite Nike or Apple adverts to YouTube? Same deal with pop music videos - and what makes Viacom's move even more idiotic is that the MTV logo was actually on those videos - thereby advertising the MTV brand, and it didnt cost them anything. It sure as hell cost YouTube in terms of bandwidth and infrastructure costs to host all those 100,000 videos.Ever guess how much it would cost Viacom for them to set up their own server farm hosting 100,000 videos???? We're talking $$$ millions... and yet - that all happened without it costing Viacom a dime - and an audience reach in the tens of millions every day.The logic of their decision completely escapes me. If there was a "Moronic Company of the Year" award, it would have to go to them.
wisgaryFeb 2, 2007
Youtube should just implement a system where people using a validated company account can claim a video as their own, or as using their content, and then just take the ad revenue generated by the user-uploaded video straight back into their account. Also a way that users can just say hey, this video I'm uploading belongs to this company or channel. That should then be validated by the company and accepted or rejected as their own. That way they don't even have to upload their videos, users will do it for them.
hamstereaterFeb 2, 2007
i feel sorry for the guys who had to find 100,000 viacom related videos
speedFeb 3, 2007
@rasterbaterLast I checked, The Daily Show and Colbert Report are very popular shows. So, that kinda refutes your claim. So how is that "your point exactly", unfortuanly, you are not the picture of popularity.
paullevFeb 3, 2007
Viacom is a dinosaur, with feet firmly planted in the receding quicksand of the 20th century. The traditional networks will thrash around a little longer, but they'll soon be in the same extinct pit as hieroglyphics and silent movies. <a class="user" href="http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2007/02/viacom-dinosaur-goes-after-youtube.html">http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2007/02/viacom-dinosaur-goes-after-youtube.html</a>
Closed AccountFeb 3, 2007
Invader Zim is under Viacom remember; their stuff isn't all bad. Of course they did kill the show...
pkfxFeb 4, 2007
They removed the videos I made for Stephen Colbert's Green Screen Challenge:<a class="user" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4J9RT0dkI8g">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4J9RT0dkI8g</a><a class="user" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAx9ZoPEL78">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAx9ZoPEL78</a><a class="user" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uyos6le4e0E">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uyos6le4e0E</a>Two of them didn't even have clips from the show, except for Stephen jumping aroud with a lightsaber. There are still over 2000 matches if you search for "Colbert" on Youtube. I don't know how they decided which ones to take down.Sure I could re-upload them but then I lose 64914 views, 130 comments, and 424 ratings!!!They don't make filing a complaint very easy either: <a class="user" href="http://www.youtube.com/t/dmca_policy">http://www.youtube.com/t/dmca_policy</a>
brightmarcFeb 9, 2007
Also its important to point out that you can save youtube videos with <a class="user" href="http://www.savetube.com,">http://www.savetube.com,</a> worth checking it out, its great.
caisbackJul 6, 2008
It's "100,00 or 100,000" O.o
caisbackJul 6, 2008
This Argument is a perfect example about how an insignificant comma can start an argument involving 8 people......