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YouTube Was Evil, and Google Knew It

pcause writes "Silicon Alley Insider has the most damning evidence released in the Viacom/YouTube suit. It seems clear from these snippets that YouTube knew it was pirating content, and did it to grow fast and sell for a lot of money. It also seems clear that Google knew the site contained pirated content and bought it and continued the pirating."

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  1. Non-Story? by Kotoku · · Score: 5, Funny

    404: Evil Not Found

    1. Re:Non-Story? by Elshar · · Score: 3, Funny

      Actually, 405: Evil Method Not Allowed

  2. Re:me too by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    im also still waiting for the evil part. if anyone blabbers to the contrary, im ready with a phletora of evidences of REAL evil ranging from monsanto to comcast-nbc, viacom, microsoft, and many many more.

    I reckon fighting copyrights is un'merican. Why do you hate 'merica? WHY DO YOU HATE FREEDOM.

  3. Now 3 buttons... by Foobar+of+Borg · · Score: 4, Funny
    Now, there are three buttons on the Google home page:

    1. Google Search
    2. I'm Feeling Lucky
    3. AARRRRR!!!

    1. Re:Now 3 buttons... by The+MAZZTer · · Score: 5, Funny
  4. Re:Piracy? by istartedi · · Score: 3, Funny

    Maybe someday, the people who argue over semantics will win. It'll go something like this: Congratulations. You won the semantic argument. We won everything else.

    --
    For all intensive purposes, "whom" is no longer a word. That begs the question, "who cares"?
  5. Re:So... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    hello viacom employee.
    ever heard about the DMCA safe harbor?

    sincerely,
    awebsiteisnotaname.fuckyou
    i can be contacted at asshole@fuckingcunt.nou

  6. Re:So... by Onymous+Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Can't we all just fight a little bit?

    I thought I was on the Internet.

  7. Re:me too by sonicmerlin · · Score: 2, Funny

    I tried reading your post but I ran out of breath due to a lack of punctuation.