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YouTube Begins Defense, Seeks Depositions

Posted by Zonk on from the calling-in-the-big-guns dept.

eldavojohn writes "YouTube has begun their defense against Viacom by first calling on 30 depositions from people like Jon Stewart & Stephen Colbert. While the article mentions that YouTube has not revealed what they hope to gain in these depositions, I think Jon Stewart's opinions will weigh in favor of YouTube. Comedy Central's parent company, Viacom, objects to YouTube's hosting of their content. Comedy Central hosts many Daily Show & Colbert Report clips on its own site, bringing in its own ad revenue."

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  1. It's a Tactic by vjmurphy · · Score: 5, Interesting

    You ask to depose a number of people, hoping that the inconvenience of the process will force the other side to back down. That's why Comedy Central has the Google founders on their deposition list. It's lawyering.

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    1. Re:It's a Tactic by HUADPE · · Score: 5, Interesting

      They can use it to allege unclean hands. If Viacom is taking Google IP, and Google is taking Viacom IP, neither might be able to successfully sue. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unclean_hands

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  2. Re:Colbert's Deposition by Nasarius · · Score: 2, Interesting

    There's been a couple NPR interviews with Colbert, where he's obviously not in-character. Here's one, pre-Report: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?story Id=4464017

    He also hosted an episode of The Daily Show a few years back, and you can see the real Stephen interviewing David Cross.

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  3. Re:From the (Wrong) Horse's Mouth by toleraen · · Score: 4, Interesting

    If they quit Viacom, it'd be kinda tough to get any more Daily Show or Colbert Report on the web, wouldn't it? They don't care about having their content "free" (as in speech) on YouTube. They want it on there "free" (as in beer) to generate a larger audience. They understand that if you give some users some free content, they'll be more likely to watch the show 'live' on TV when it first airs.

    I know for me, watching Lazy Sunday on YouTube brought me back to checking out SNL again for the first time in several years...maybe that's just me though.