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Viacom Sued Over YouTube Parody Removal

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the turnabout-still-fair-play dept.

A self aware computer input device writes "Just a week after Viacom sued Google over copyrighted material, MoveOn.org Civic Action and Brave New Films LLC have sued Viacom claiming the cable network company improperly asked the video-sharing site YouTube to remove a parody of the network's 'The Colbert Report.' Couple this with the iFilm fiasco reported earlier, and you have to question how a company like Viacom can cry foul when it can't even accurately account for its own copyrighted material."

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  1. Editing still apparently optional on /. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I know I like to cry fowl when I see a turkey of an article like this one.

    1. Re:Editing still apparently optional on /. by Goaway · · Score: 4, Funny

      Slashdot "editors" do not "edit" posts. This makes Slashdot "more real" according to CmdrTaco.

  2. Fowl by kahei · · Score: 5, Funny


    Those vultures at Viacom have a full-fledged plan to feather their nests by hatching lawsuits -- and it looks like some people are getting soar about it. Hiring those legal eagles to flip them the bird won't come cheep, though.

    Bah, the RIAA probably egged them on in the first place.

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    1. Re:Fowl by DrWhizBang · · Score: 2, Funny

      That was pretty good for just winging it...

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  3. Let's call Kyle's dad by aadvancedGIR · · Score: 2, Funny

    and organize the Everyone vs Everyone trial.

  4. As far as I am concerned.... by 8127972 · · Score: 4, Funny

    .....Viacom gets a Wag Of The Finger!

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