Originally Posted by gideongallery

as i pointed out the last time some gfy idiot pointed to this news and claimed it was the death nail to the google case

viacomm is taking half the conversation and attempting to paint it as if it proof

for example the internal communication where the google employee asserted YouTube's business "is completely sustained by pirated content."

has a response that viacom employees themselves were releasing videos on "YouTube to generate buzz for their shows and to reach new audiences" and that there was no way to tell the difference between those legitimate uploads and the infringing ones since to make it look like a "grassroots fan based support" they did so under fake user accounts.


and that all before google can make the arguement that "quest crew is the greatest check out orquestra as proof" is legitimate fair use of commentary.

the fact that viacomm must use bogus one sided arguements in the press does not bode well for chance of winning.