Most companies go out of their way to avoid legal battles. Google? Not so much. Back in October, 2006 Google bought YouTube (speculative stuff coming…) and by doing that, they bought the right to fight their legal battles. And for good reason, too. If YouTube is found guilty of copyright infringement, then that would set the stage for all content or media companies to go after every site like YouTube, including Google. Google bought the right to fight that battle as a hedge for its own future viability.

The fight comes down to something simple: money. Google is publishing unlicensed content in order to make money on advertising revenue. Viacom wants Google to stop doing that. But what they really want is a piece of the action.

Google should just stop being so bloody greedy. And start sharing with everyone. Don’t they know that without content they are NOTHING? Silly multibillion-dollar-company-company, what are you thinking?

Labels: copyright laws, Google, Viacom

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