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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: omg_lemurs on February 19, 2007, 04:30:36 PM

Title: Does the success of YouTube piss anyone else off?
Post by: omg_lemurs on February 19, 2007, 04:30:36 PM
As is common knowledge Google purchased YouTube earlier in 2006. An acquisition cost them 1.65 billion dollars payed to the order of the creators of YouTube.

What bothers me about this is that YouTube doesn't provide any of it's own content. Granted the people who post videos on YouTube don't post under the impression that they're going to be making any money... but should YouTube get 1.65 billion for other peoples content?

Something very shady about YouTube methinks.
Title: Re: Does the success of YouTube piss anyone else off?
Post by: Phoenix Dark on February 19, 2007, 04:33:26 PM
Wow you're stupid :lol
Title: Re: Does the success of YouTube piss anyone else off?
Post by: Mupepe on February 19, 2007, 04:33:37 PM
Erm. No.  They had a good plan and they executed it before the competition.  Simple as that.
Title: Re: Does the success of YouTube piss anyone else off?
Post by: Beezy on February 19, 2007, 04:35:16 PM
Youtube is a great time waster.
Title: Re: Does the success of YouTube piss anyone else off?
Post by: omg_lemurs on February 19, 2007, 04:36:31 PM
Wow you're stupid :lol

Wow you're a gargantuan taco douchebag cocksucker.

I know how YouTube works and I'm not saying they should pay every single user for the videos they post. I'm just saying it sucks they get such a pay day for other peoples content. Then there's the fact that so much of the content on youtube is copyrighted material. Do the people who hold the copyrights get a check in the mail?
Title: Re: Does the success of YouTube piss anyone else off?
Post by: Mupepe on February 19, 2007, 04:38:32 PM
Wow you're stupid :lol

Wow you're a gargantuan taco douchebag cocksucker.

I know how YouTube works and I'm not saying they should pay every single user for the videos they post. I'm just saying it sucks they get such a pay day for other peoples content. Then there's the fact that so much of the content on youtube is copyrighted material. Do the people who hold the copyrights get a check in the mail?
No.  They get to demand that it's taken down. 
Title: Re: Does the success of YouTube piss anyone else off?
Post by: The Fake Shemp on February 19, 2007, 04:39:38 PM
That's actually not true, Mupepe.  A lot of media companies have signed deals with YouTube, as so they didn't spend their entire time taking down copyright material.
Title: Re: Does the success of YouTube piss anyone else off?
Post by: Beezy on February 19, 2007, 04:41:15 PM
That's actually not true, Mupepe.  A lot of media companies have signed deals with YouTube, as so they didn't spend their entire time taking down copyright material.

Viacom hasn't.  :(
Title: Re: Does the success of YouTube piss anyone else off?
Post by: Phoenix Dark on February 19, 2007, 04:42:10 PM
Wow you're stupid :lol

Wow you're a gargantuan taco douchebag cocksucker.

I know how YouTube works and I'm not saying they should pay every single user for the videos they post. I'm just saying it sucks they get such a pay day for other peoples content. Then there's the fact that so much of the content on youtube is copyrighted material. Do the people who hold the copyrights get a check in the mail?

 :lol Wow Lemurs, leave the cynical bastard role to Mondaine. At least he makes some logical points everynow and then
Title: Re: Does the success of YouTube piss anyone else off?
Post by: Mupepe on February 19, 2007, 04:42:51 PM
That's actually not true, Mupepe.  A lot of media companies have signed deals with YouTube, as so they didn't spend their entire time taking down copyright material.
Well of course it's not true if they sign an agreement with Youtube.  But all copyright holders initially have the right to demand the removal of their content.  Now if they let media companies, who signed a deal with youtube, do their bidding for them, that's their fault.
Title: Re: Does the success of YouTube piss anyone else off?
Post by: HomShaBom on February 19, 2007, 04:51:43 PM
Original post is pretty stupid.
Title: Re: Does the success of YouTube piss anyone else off?
Post by: APF on February 19, 2007, 05:44:18 PM
Welcome to four months ago!
Title: Re: Does the success of YouTube piss anyone else off?
Post by: The Miles Trahan Burger Experiment on February 19, 2007, 05:48:13 PM
As is common knowledge Google purchased YouTube earlier in 2006. An acquisition cost them 1.65 billion dollars payed to the order of the creators of YouTube.

What bothers me about this is that YouTube doesn't provide any of it's own content. Granted the people who post videos on YouTube don't post under the impression that they're going to be making any money... but should YouTube get 1.65 billion for other peoples content?

Something very shady about YouTube methinks.

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