I, for one spend most of my time on google. But that's iGoogle. It's like my second Desktop. All my feeds organized into separate tabs. I have one tab just for "shopping." If google asked me to place ads for that tab alone, I might say yes, Of course, RSS feeds like engadget have ads embedded to the bottom of the posts, so I get them anyway. I digress, though. Google's gonna make their money on click-through, so it's not important if anyone spends any great of time on the search page, because it's a search engine!!! I don't know how, if at all, this Nielsen thing will hurt them, other than getting fewer advertisers.
I didn't read all of the comments, so this may be repeated info, but these videos would not even be in RIAA's umbrella of influence anyway. RIAA is about the recordings themselves, and is behind the recording industry (You know, the guys that promise naive kids they'll be rich and famous, all the while taking 99% of the profit). The NMPA, ASCAP are the groups that would be interested in this issue (ASCAP being representatives of composers and NMPA in support of publishers.) Of course, they have some of the same interests, since a guy like Burt Bacharach doesn't make a penny unless you actually buy a Dionne Warwick record. But if you recorded and distributed one of his songs, it would be the MPA, ASCAP, or both breathing down your neck. Neither, though, should be interested unless someone is making money from the deal. And believe me, that dude next door to me taking bong rips is not charging anyone $5 a head to hear him play the bridge to 'Stairway' for the hundred millionth time!
Well, if he is, no one is paying.
I know that RIAA is a geat big easy target to start some lively discussion, but OLGA didn't go down because of RIAA, and the YouTube vids shouldn't either, unless someone is playing an actual recording of one of their member companies.
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I, for one spend most of my time on google. But that's iGoogle. It's like my second Desktop. All my feeds organized into separate tabs. I have one tab just for "shopping." If google asked me to place ads for that tab alone, I might say yes, Of course, RSS feeds like engadget have ads embedded to the bottom of the posts, so I get them anyway.
I digress, though. Google's gonna make their money on click-through, so it's not important if anyone spends any great of time on the search page, because it's a search engine!!! I don't know how, if at all, this Nielsen thing will hurt them, other than getting fewer advertisers.
I didn't read all of the comments, so this may be repeated info, but these videos would not even be in RIAA's umbrella of influence anyway. RIAA is about the recordings themselves, and is behind the recording industry (You know, the guys that promise naive kids they'll be rich and famous, all the while taking 99% of the profit). The NMPA, ASCAP are the groups that would be interested in this issue (ASCAP being representatives of composers and NMPA in support of publishers.) Of course, they have some of the same interests, since a guy like Burt Bacharach doesn't make a penny unless you actually buy a Dionne Warwick record. But if you recorded and distributed one of his songs, it would be the MPA, ASCAP, or both breathing down your neck. Neither, though, should be interested unless someone is making money from the deal. And believe me, that dude next door to me taking bong rips is not charging anyone $5 a head to hear him play the bridge to 'Stairway' for the hundred millionth time! Well, if he is, no one is paying. I know that RIAA is a geat big easy target to start some lively discussion, but OLGA didn't go down because of RIAA, and the YouTube vids shouldn't either, unless someone is playing an actual recording of one of their member companies.