TechXiety's 'Top Ten List' - The PEOPLE'S Response To Viacom's Lawsuit Against YouTube Inc.'
It's pretty obvious global recession, the economic downturn, digital piracy, the weakening of the US Dollar, globalisation and proliferation of the Internet has caused Viacom and her subsidiary companies to suffer losses and that's why they think their legal lawsuit (Google Inc will have to surrender YOUR viewing habits on YouTube to Viacom Inc) against YouTube Inc. remains justified. So here at Techxiety, i've come up with a Top Ten List on the People's response to Viacom's lawsuit against YouTube Inc / Google Inc.
TOP TEN LIST ON THE PEOPLE'S RESPONSE TO VIACOM'S LAWSUIT AGAINST YOUTUBE INC
TEN - Joost, a brilliant P2P video technology software will be forced to drop Viacom's free content licensing deal in the wake of this lawsuit.
NINE - There wouldn't have been Neopets merchandise, videogames and films for Viacom Inc to profit from since 2005.
EIGHT - You embrace technology and find ways to profit AROUND it by positioning and transforming your business strategies instead of clamping down against the very same technologies that brought you success and fame. You always pass failure on the way to success, remember that.
SEVEN - Without user generated sites, tons OUTSIDE of the USA wouldn't have purchased original DVD's and CD's of new or unheard Internet artistes or TV Series's from local retailers.
SIX - Web 2.0 is a business revolution about information sharing, enhancing creativity and collaborating with others. Admit it, without Web 2.0 and its revolved around technologies, the majority of your products would not have even taken off and gained traction today.
FIVE - "We'll ditch X-Fire and move on to Ventrilo or TeamSpeak"
FOUR - Sales for your successful franchise Guitar Hero, Rock Band and Legends Of Rock will eventually plummet.
THREE - "You don't bite the hand that feeds you"
TWO - "I don't want my MTV anymore!"
ONE - "You cannot fight the people and expect to win when the entire planet is against you. It will backfire and hit you thrice as hard in the face"
Here they are, the Top 10 list folks. Hope you reconsider and retract back the lawsuit Viacom. I know the only reason you're doing this is because you want to send a message to YouTube users and YouTube Inc. I'm very certain they've heard you loud and clear. But the PEOPLE have a message to send to you too as well as shown above.
Mr. Philippe Dauman, i respect you for being a highly successful President and CEO of MTV for bringing changes in people's life across the globe but a little bird once told me during my pre-entrepreneurial years, "You can't change the wind, you can however adjust your sails".....and many can and will attest to that.
Die Viacom Die!
Posted by: BookerT | Tuesday, July 08, 2008 at 09:44 AM
cute and understand the anger is real - but at what? Big corporations? At the end of the day, isn't it singers, and writers, and website developers and all sorts of other hardworking and creative people who suffer if they can't own the product of their hard work and decide what to give away and what to keep? Without IP we're all subsistence farmers, doomed to compete only by the labor of our backs, not our minds.
It takes a lot of money to sue YouTube, and so, unfortunately, it takes a big player to bring the suit. But if Viacom wins - YT will still have lots of videos - they will just have to ask the OWNERS first if they can use it - it will be a great day for inventors and creators everywhere and a bad one for people who just want to take without giving
Posted by: Pixelm | Tuesday, July 08, 2008 at 11:56 AM
Pixelm, at the end of the day, there is no way YouTube will be able to screen and moderate all user uploaded videos perfectly. 2ndly, is it almost impossible for YouTube to have some sort of identification mechanism to track copyrighted material that's being passed around or displayed. U can't beat technology. Just like the music industry is still scratching their heads on how to combat digital piracy til today. If material is being passes around, then too bad.. consider it free advertising and free publicity for the IP owners... that's not so bad afterall.
Posted by: Ken The Lawmaker | Tuesday, July 08, 2008 at 02:30 PM
your taking sides with one of two mega billion dollar corporations ? lol
Posted by: MerryChristmas2You | Sunday, August 24, 2008 at 08:53 PM