View Full Version : Viacom sues Google for $1 Billion


Kursk_crash
13-03-2007, 14:25
New York (NY) - Viacom has thrown down the legal gauntlet and is suing Google's YouTube for $1 Billion dollar. The media giant owns several popular television networks and says that it isn't being reimbursed for the thousands of clips on the world's most popular video sharing service. Viacom is also seeking an injunction in the suit that was filed in New York U.S. District Court.

In a press release, Viacom claims that more than 160,000 video clips from its shows are hosted without permission on YouTube and that the clips have been viewed more than 1.5 billion times.

Viacom says that YouTube runs on an "unlawful business model" and in particularly harsh words, at least from a press release standpoint, states "There is no question that YouTube and Google are continuing to take the fruit of our efforts without permission and destroying enormous value in the process."

Viacom and Google were in negotiations for a content sharing agreement, but talks broke off after the sides couldn't agree on the terms. Now it appears that those talks were much more serious than previously thought.

Fonte: http://www.tgdaily.com/2007/03/13/viacom_sues_google_youtube_billion/

PCC
13-03-2007, 15:06
Estão a ver se sai a sorte grande lol :P

Tendo em conta que a YouTube retira imediatamente qualquer conteudo que se peça que seja retirado por não respeitar direitos de autor... Claro que a Viacom tinha que pedir, mas pelos vistos prefere processar dá mais dinheiro :P

Cumps,

PCC

Kill Me
13-03-2007, 15:19
é o que faz eles saberem que pertence a uma empresa como a google, vê-se que quando nao era do google os processos a pedir indeminizações destas eram inexistentes e ja tinha bastante popularidade... o que todos querem é aproveitarem-se das situações, por isso é que eu acho que desde que passou o youtube para as maos do google, se eles não fizerem com que se evite processos deste tipo, vai começar a perder as qualidades nativas e os utilizadores vão migrar para outros sites do tipo (como o metacafe por exemplo)...