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Mark Cuban Declares War on GooTube

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the settle-this-with-jello-wrestling dept.

PreacherTom writes "Mark Cuban — the billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks, tech entrepreneur, and self-proclaimed 'blog maverick' — has always been outspoken in his ridicule of Google and YouTube. Now, it appears he's willing to put his money where his mouth is. Cuban is so convinced that GooTube will be a failure that he is in the process of acquiring the news agency owned by Robert Tur, currently involved in serious litigation with Google over copyright violations. With billions on both sides, this could be a real clash of the titans."

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  1. Titans by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    With billions on both sides, this could be a real clash of the titans.


    Yeah, it could be, but we're calling it "GooTube".
    1. Re:Titans by mikerich · · Score: 5, Funny
      GooTube or Yougle? Hmmm... that's a tough one.

      One sounds like a glue, the other a brand of European yogurt.

  2. *Tsk Tsk* Have we learned nothing? by Dr.+Eggman · · Score: 5, Funny

    Whenever Godzilla and Mecha-Godzilla fight; it is Tokyo that suffers the most.

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  3. Only a moron would buy YouTube by burris · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just like the morons that bought broadcast.com

    1. Re:Only a moron would buy YouTube by dj_krztoff · · Score: 5, Funny

      So, what you're saying is ... you got the joke.

    2. Re:Only a moron would buy YouTube by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      Really? Wow! It's so funny how he mentioned broadcast.com and the sale thereof in a story about the previous owner of said domain. Just, wow. That's really amazing. I mean, out of all the stories in the world, and all the domains in the world, he happened to mention broadcast.com in this particular story. And then you, you clever person you, were sharp enough to notice the completely coincidental connection. I truly tip my hat to you sir!

  4. Open up a Western Front by Lev13than · · Score: 4, Funny

    Cuban is so convinced that GooTube will be a failure that he is in the process of acquiring the news agency owned by Robert Tur, currently involved in serious litigation with Google over copyright violations.

    In retaliation, Sergey Brin has just announced plans to buy the L.A. Clippers.

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    1. Re:Open up a Western Front by Odin's+Raven · · Score: 4, Funny
      In retaliation, Sergey Brin has just announced plans to buy the L.A. Clippers.

      Next, Brin and Cuban agree that all copyright issues will be settled by best-of-7 tournaments between their respective teams. This proves to be too time consuming, so they expedite the process by substituting one-on-one NBA Live 07 matches using virtual versions of their respective teams.

      The first match goes poorly, with Cuban accusing Brin of redirecting 90% of Google's computers to run a "hoop-bot" to improve his team's shooting accuracy. To ensure fairness, future matches are broadcast live on G4 TV. This proves to be an instant hit, capturing 100% attention from both of G4's viewers. A year later, Electronic Arts introduces "Madden Meta-NBA 08", where players control either a virtual Brin or virtual Cuban playing simulated NBA Live matches, available exclusively on the new SonySoft XStation720.

      The game becomes an instant hit, and six months later Hollywood commissions a movie of the game of the company owners playing sports games of teams fighting for ...errr... for something or other, frankly we've forgotten by now. Probably a woman. Or a cat. Maybe an orphanage. Screw it, we'll go with an orphan cat-woman. Uwe Bolle will direct.

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  5. Re:Wait... by PFI_Optix · · Score: 4, Funny

    He has a hobby: finding new and interesting ways to get ejected from an NBA game.

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  6. Re:Wait... by squiggleslash · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Ah, thanks for coming Mark. Glad to hear you've taken us over, we really admire whatever it is you're famous for. Anyway, just to let you know, we're close to reaching a settlement with Google. They're going to pay us seventy eight mill..."

    "Sorry to cut you off, but that's not going to happen. We're not settling. We're going to win this case."

    "But we are winning the case. This deal means we'll get..."

    "Sorry, not interested. We're going to fight this case, demand $699, or whatever that statatuory damages figure is, for every download of every video that YouTube has ever done that we can sue over."

    "But that'll drive Google bankrupt! We'll never get our money, and under this deal we'll end up getting more in the long run anyway because, as I was saying, they're going to, every year, pay us..."

    "Stop. Stop right now. I predicted Google are going to lose this. Lose they shall."

    "But wouldn't you prefer us both to win? I mean, we can make a fortune through this, if Google makes it a success."

    "No. Then I'd look like an idiot. People would point at me and say "There goes Mark Cuban, the guy who said Google was doomed by buying YouTube, and now has made billions by coming to an agreement that meant Google could make it work." I don't want that to happen. I have a reputation to keep. I'm a dot-com millionaire damn it."

    ...etc...

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  7. Re:Wait... by thePowerOfGrayskull · · Score: 5, Funny
    If I were sophisticated I would know the word in the English language that describes this kind of behaviour, but alas, I'll have to rely on a fellow slashdotter (once again...).
    I believe that the word you're looking for is "asshole".