Viacom Sues Google Over YouTube for $1 Billion 508
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from the everyone-get-their-doctor-evil-fingers-up dept.
Snowgen writes "Viacom has filed a $1,000,000,000.00 lawsuit for 'massive intentional copyright infringement' against Google over YouTube video clips. '"YouTube's strategy has been to avoid taking proactive steps to curtail the infringement on its site," Viacom said in a statement. "Their business model, which is based on building traffic and selling advertising off of unlicensed content, is clearly illegal and is in obvious conflict with copyright laws.'"
Whew (Score:5, Funny)
Oh, wait.
Pfft, meaningless from the start... (Score:2, Funny)
Austin Powers (Score:5, Funny)
Why stop there? (Score:5, Funny)
Lawsuits should always be based on nice round numbers, not actual proven damages.
Re:Great! (Score:1, Funny)
Viacom Demands YouTube Return Viewers (Score:5, Funny)
Once again, life imitates parody [theonion.com]. I did not know they were worth a billion dollars.
Hmmm... (Score:4, Funny)
Google's market cap: $139.97 billion
Viacom's market cap: $27.61 billion
CBS' market cap: $24.38 billion (sorta kinda relevent here)
I think it's just a little market cap envy. Next stop: Google buys Viacom?
If I were Google, I might just pay it. (Score:4, Funny)
Google: "No shit. Here's your billion, we've got a couple more to spare. Muh-huh-huh-ha."
Bound to happen (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Please: (Score:5, Funny)
Yes, Google should hold Viacom sites hostage until they give up their legal rights. I for one welcome our new Google overlords.
Re:Bound to happen (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Just numbers relevant to "IBM/SCO on their ass" (Score:5, Funny)
Has anyone else noticed... (Score:5, Funny)
...the entertainment industry's lawsuits are way more interesting than their TV shows, movies, and records? Maybe they should formally change their business model and go primarily into lawsuits as a creative medium.
Thank you for that (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Please: (Score:5, Funny)
In this case, Google would be shooting themselves in the face to spite a large cancerous growth.
Re:I predicted this a while ago (Score:5, Funny)
Now all they need is guns. It would be much more fun and would earn the Warren Zevon seal of approval.
Re:Whew (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Yeah, big surprise (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Great! (Score:3, Funny)
Dan East
Re:Please: (Score:5, Funny)
Don't bother. Just buy Viacom and stop suing themselves. Problem solved.
Re:Just numbers relevant to "IBM/SCO on their ass" (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Yeah, big surprise (Score:3, Funny)
You must be absolutely correct. It is the only explanation which fits the facts.
Thanks.
Re:Please: (Score:4, Funny)
"You searched for Viacom. No results were found. Did you mean Torrentspy?"
Re:Just numbers relevant to "IBM/SCO on their ass" (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Just numbers relevant to "IBM/SCO on their ass" (Score:2, Funny)