techcrunch.com — Two weeks after Viacom ordered Google to take down more than 100,000 allegedly copyrighted videos from YouTube, the media giant is about to sign a content deal with Joost, the Wall Street Journal is reporting tonight.
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garagebandFeb 20, 2007
I don't understand how you can like Viacom! They are your stereotypical corporate bigwigs.Despite Viacom sucking, Joost is sick!(PLEASE send me a beta token garageband22@gmail.com)
Closed AccountFeb 20, 2007
Hey...let's all make GUESSES based on our FEELINGs that this was a bad movie. Let's pretend that we are smarter than the people at Viacom who make more money in a year than we will in our entire lives and who are using statistics and research to back up their decision! Let's prove to the world that the average Digg user is a 12 yer old kid who thinks he is an expert at everything despite knowing absolutely nothing about everything.Let's ignore the fact that they likely got a MUCH more favorable term with Joost. Let's also ignore the fact that the Viacom people have the ratings numbers in front of them, and therefore know what kindo of ratings boost (if any, which it proabbly isn't) they got from being on YouTube! This is Digg, after all. Facts have NO PLACE HERE!
kmccollFeb 20, 2007
"Seriously, who would want to work for the kazaa/skype/joost guys now" ... erm, somebody who gets paid in stock?
Closed AccountFeb 20, 2007
Anyone else think "Invader Zim" when they saw this article?
Closed AccountFeb 20, 2007
Yeah, and they could have it start streaming at the time the show starts on TV.
lautFeb 20, 2007
Yes, I have two.
hexydesFeb 21, 2007
@broomettI wasn't really approaching it from a net neutrality standpoint, but an economic standpoint (under the assumption that the parent poster meant the ISPs would charge more simply because of lost revenue from traditional cable television and increased bandwidth costs for net access). I don't know how net neutrality would factor in; at this point, I could only assume it would not, since there is currently no low on the books concerning it.
zharesMar 5, 2007
Actually, I think Joost will be very successful as well. Those guys are very very good at business. They have a great technology and they know how to talk to powerfully companies.