Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
YouTube vs Viacom… everything that is wrong in the movie/music biz
The privacy issues underlying this discovery request are troubling. What’s next? Will Viacom now send every ISP a discovery request for the people whose DSL/cable IP address shows in the log? Will Viacom then take a page out of the RIAA’s book and start suing home owners? Will the RIAA suddenly see this as a great way to collect royalties on music embedded in videos?
I may have to stop watching YouTube video… but Viacom… well unfortunately they own Comedy Central and I won’t give that up.
I can’t believe that the great minds in this country working in the entertainment industry cannot sit down and come up with a better solution for IP protection. If not, I fear that IP protection will become a negative to the mass public.
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July 3rd, 2008 at 7:36 pm
Dustin Mitchell said:
From the perspective of 10 years ago, that’s a reasonable fear. At this point, I’m sorry to say that your fear has become a reality.