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Viacom Sues Google Over YouTube for $1 Billion
Snowgen writes "Viacom has filed a $1,000,000,000.00 lawsuit for 'massive intentional copyright infringement' against Google over YouTube video clips. '"YouTube's strategy has been to avoid taking proactive steps to curtail the infringement on its site," Viacom said in a statement. "Their business model, which is based on building traffic and selling advertising off of unlicensed content, is clearly illegal and is in obvious conflict with copyright laws.'"
Good thing they pulled all those Viacom clips from Youtube last few months, otherwise they might have been sued for, like, a billion dollars!
Oh, wait.
More Twoson than Cupertino
1 Billion bucks? Could you _please_ pick a number that is at least related to what you're suing over?
Why ask for one BILLION dollars, when you can ask for ONE MILLION DOLLARS?!?! MUHAHAHAHAhahahaha...ha..aha..*ahem*.
I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it.
They should go for a zillion-gabillion dollars!
Lawsuits should always be based on nice round numbers, not actual proven damages.
It is by the juice of the coffee bean that thoughts acquire speed, the teeth acquire stains. The stains become a warning
I bet... Yogurt!
Once again, life imitates parody. I did not know they were worth a billion dollars.
Friends don't help friends install M$ junk.
(as of about the time I posted this)
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?
Google: "No shit. Here's your billion, we've got a couple more to spare. Muh-huh-huh-ha."
If they didn't sue over this, Viacom was going to sue Google over the defamation inherent in their "don't be evil" motto. They still face possible pending charges under that from the RIAA; SCO; Microsoft; Halliburton; the Republican party; Al Qaeda; Dr. Evil, natch; and, oddly, Bono of U2 fame.
Yes, Google should hold Viacom sites hostage until they give up their legal rights. I for one welcome our new Google overlords.
You are in a maze of twisted little posts, all alike.
Furlongs between corporate headquarters?
There are two types of people in the world: those who divide people into two types and those who don't.
...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.
I really appreciate you coming down from your clearly enlightened high horse long enough to type that up...
>>> "Google would be shooting themselves in the face to spite a pimple".
In this case, Google would be shooting themselves in the face to spite a large cancerous growth.
I'm not saying that Google is some paragon of virtue, but they have money and lawyers.
Now all they need is guns. It would be much more fun and would earn the Warren Zevon seal of approval.
A cloaked sith lord sits in an ominous rotating chair aboard the google-star, as he reads the law suit: "Excellent, everything is going precisely as planned. Ready my ship commander."
!#&*
Wikipedia, eh? There. Now Google has an extra $100 Billion revenue to work with.
Dan East
Better known as 318230.
what if Google instead just demoted Viacom links a little in the search results
Don't bother. Just buy Viacom and stop suing themselves. Problem solved.
Average corporate phone number.
Wow, I had never before considered that.
You must be absolutely correct. It is the only explanation which fits the facts.
Thanks.
Do daemons dream of electric sleep()?
"You searched for Viacom. No results were found. Did you mean Torrentspy?"
23,528 furlongs (from google maps)
Sig cannot be found.
I don't know about that, but going by the poster below it's about 1,165801.80 Volkswagen Beetles. Is that any help?