http://news.techwhack.com/7727-google-viacom News from the Tech and IT World Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:03:06 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://news.techwhack.com/7727-google-viacom#comment-399646 M@x_B@ndwidth Tue, 27 May 2008 14:23:47 +0000 http://news.techwhack.com/?p=7727#comment-399646 YouTube is a tool, a conduit that users use to post content. It is the users that are infringing on copyright, not the makers of the tool. If I commit a crime with an automobile, is the auto maker to blame? If I use an Apple iPhone and threaten someone can Apple or AT&T be sued? This is ludicrous... Viacom should embrace the free advertising and figure out how to make it work for them rather than resorting to inane lawsuits, learn from the RIAA's mis-steps. http://digitalcommons.pace.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1046&context=lawrev YouTube is a tool, a conduit that users use to post content. It is the users that are infringing on copyright, not the makers of the tool. If I commit a crime with an automobile, is the auto maker to blame? If I use an Apple iPhone and threaten someone can Apple or AT&T be sued? This is ludicrous… Viacom should embrace the free advertising and figure out how to make it work for them rather than resorting to inane lawsuits, learn from the RIAA’s mis-steps. http://digitalcommons.pace.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1046&context=lawrev

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