Comments on: Analysts don't like YouTube's chances

Forrester argues that while YouTube may have media companies' attention, one copyright lawsuit could undo it all.

[Razzl]

Take a page from Stalin's book

Stalin was famous for having aphorised that if one is going to tell a lie, it should be a big lie, a lie so big ordinary people must believe it because no one could comprehend anybody making it up. In like fashion Youtube must treat the copyright question as though it didn't matter, dismiss all complaint as envy, and be bought out by some entity so big and brazen that nobody would dare call its activities violations, such as Google. Napster made the mistake of not selling out to the dark side in its hour of need...

[J. Blow]

That was Joseph Goebbels

not Stalin. Goebbels was perhaps the most brillant PR man in the last century.

[nquixote]

YouTube Statistics Flawed?

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[GrandpaN1947]

Internet goes next

I read somewhere that DRM would bring down the net. Sounds like Youtube will eventually fall just like the rest, because it "could" be used for copyright infringement. Unless something changes, the net is enjoying it's last final days.

[HecticDialectics]

Mark Cuban said it first

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[cebujeff]

YouTube and litigation

I disagree with the analysts in that the rapid response of removal from an environment that is a public bulletin board of free expression, upon claim of valid copyright, is a proper response and a fair action sufficient to avoid liability. The value of the traffic far outweighs the cost of the litigation which, I believe will pass in time.

I do not understand the legal basis of the analysts conclusions

[webwhiz]

YouTube Analysis

Here is my take. I think the main motive behind the acquisition is more towards video ad revenue rather than information accessibility. However, they had to pay a really high price for that along with many loopholes such as legal liability from copyright holders that could wipe out YouTube from existence like Napster. Another issue, is that copyright law is quite vague in terms of online interpretations and that could play a major role in Google?s legal liability. So, I would suggest that Google and YouTube spend some real time and money trying to convince these copyright holders to establish partnerships with them as they have with Universal and Sony. On another front, they are going to also motivate yahoo and microsoft to start advancing in their video services as well as possible acquisitions. If this becomes succesful, yahoo and msn are going to feel the pain of not taking action of acquiring youtube. Well, it is really the choices and the actions we take that really determine the success. Lets wait and see.