Things are heating up again over Viacom’s one billion dollar lawsuit against YouTube. According to the BBC, Google’s lawyers have claimed that it “threatens the way hundreds of millions of people legitimately exchange information” over the web. On the other hand, Viacom claims that they’re protecting not only their copyright, but also the interests of every copyright holder out there.My favorite expert on copyright, Mike Masnick, hits the nail on the head again, saying that the broadcast companies and Google (and pretty much everyone else) see the Internet as two different things. He says:
“Media companies still look on the internet as a content platform. That is, they think of it as a new broadcast medium. Most other folks recognize that the internet is a communications medium, and the focus should be on the ease of communication….When it comes to communication,” he argues, “the idea of using copyright to restrict content gets weird in a hurry.
Google Is Right About This: YouTube Lawsuit Threatens The Net
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