Tanggal 13 Maret kemaren Viacom ngeluarin [pranala luar disembunyikan, sila masuk atau daftar.] menuntut Youtube (Google) bayar ganti rugi sebesar $1 Milyar  :o Viacom merasa dirugikan oleh clip-clip "illegal" yang beredar di youtube. Menurut pihak viacom ada sekitar 160 ribu clip milik mereka yang beredar dan dilihat lebih dari 1,5 milyar kali oleh user youtube  :o

Ini [pranala luar disembunyikan, sila masuk atau daftar.] lawsuitnya. Bakal panjang ceritanya kalo bener2 sampe pengadilan. Perang perusahaan raksasa dong

Yang gw heran, kenapa Viacom gak kerjasama aja sama youtube/google ya? Paid subscription atau profit sharing atau apalah... mungkin google gak mau? Halahh... sok tau gw 

KutipYouTube is a significant, for-profit organization that has built a lucrative business out of exploiting the devotion of fans to others’ creative works in order to enrich itself and its corporate parent Google. Their business model, which is based on building traffic and selling advertising off of unlicensed content, is clearly illegal and is in obvious conflict with copyright laws. In fact, YouTube’s strategy has been to avoid taking proactive steps to curtail the infringement on its site, thus generating significant traffic and revenues for itself while shifting the entire burden â€" and high cost â€" of monitoring YouTube onto the victims of its infringement.

There is no question that YouTube and Google are continuing to take the fruit of our efforts without permission and destroying enormous value in the process. This is value that rightfully belongs to the writers, directors and talent who create it and companies like Viacom that have invested to make possible this innovation and creativity.

After a great deal of unproductive negotiation, and remedial efforts by ourselves and other copyright holders, YouTube continues in its unlawful business model. Therefore, we must turn to the courts to prevent Google and YouTube from continuing to steal value from artists and to obtain compensation for the significant damage they have caused.

Ahh... pantes... unproductive negotiation ternyata