Comments on: Is there even a short-term gain for Viacom here? http://www.tomrafteryit.net/is-there-even-a-short-term-gain-for-viacom-here/ Tom Raftery, social media consultant, speaker, blogger and podcaster Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:10:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Conor http://www.tomrafteryit.net/is-there-even-a-short-term-gain-for-viacom-here/#comment-102075 Conor Tue, 20 Mar 2007 09:12:04 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/is-there-even-a-short-term-gain-for-viacom-here/#comment-102075 Honestly, To sue youtube/google from showing your videos is a sure fire way to have youtube spammed with Viacom videos. When Battlestar Galactica released the webepisodes in between seasons 2 and 3, they went straight up onto youtube. It's sheer convienence, you don't need to go anywhere else. They used to be taken down within 30 min, but all that did was make even more users post them up for the general public. These are the same people that break episodes of Lost and heroes into 4 parts and post them up at about 9 minutes or so each. If Viacom are successful, I'd be interested to see how youtube will fare when everyone else jumps onto the bandwagon. Honestly,
To sue youtube/google from showing your videos is a sure fire way to have youtube spammed with Viacom videos.

When Battlestar Galactica released the webepisodes in between seasons 2 and 3, they went straight up onto youtube. It’s sheer convienence, you don’t need to go anywhere else. They used to be taken down within 30 min, but all that did was make even more users post them up for the general public. These are the same people that break episodes of Lost and heroes into 4 parts and post them up at about 9 minutes or so each.

If Viacom are successful, I’d be interested to see how youtube will fare when everyone else jumps onto the bandwagon.

]]> By: Bernie Goldbach http://www.tomrafteryit.net/is-there-even-a-short-term-gain-for-viacom-here/#comment-102030 Bernie Goldbach Mon, 19 Mar 2007 19:14:22 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/is-there-even-a-short-term-gain-for-viacom-here/#comment-102030 Viacom has a building chock-full of legal beagles who spend their entire careers sorting out rights issues. They're the ones to benefit the most by calculating the amount they want out of the deep pockets of Google. To a copyright attorney, audience reach does not matter. Viacom has a building chock-full of legal beagles who spend their entire careers sorting out rights issues. They’re the ones to benefit the most by calculating the amount they want out of the deep pockets of Google.

To a copyright attorney, audience reach does not matter.

]]> By: Mark http://www.tomrafteryit.net/is-there-even-a-short-term-gain-for-viacom-here/#comment-101865 Mark Sat, 17 Mar 2007 14:09:37 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/is-there-even-a-short-term-gain-for-viacom-here/#comment-101865 You can get the same clips from Viacom's own sites, the same with NBC and Studio 60 or any of the other broadcast networks. It's not like the content isn't available it's that there's this sense of false entitlement that anyone should be able to rebroadcast anything whenever they feel like it. The internet can drive interest they say. Snakes On a Plane being such a massive failure proved that to be chronically untrue. You can get the same clips from Viacom’s own sites, the same with NBC and Studio 60 or any of the other broadcast networks.

It’s not like the content isn’t available it’s that there’s this sense of false entitlement that anyone should be able to rebroadcast anything whenever they feel like it.

The internet can drive interest they say. Snakes On a Plane being such a massive failure proved that to be chronically untrue.

]]> By: Paul M. Watson http://www.tomrafteryit.net/is-there-even-a-short-term-gain-for-viacom-here/#comment-101725 Paul M. Watson Fri, 16 Mar 2007 20:06:23 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/is-there-even-a-short-term-gain-for-viacom-here/#comment-101725 Viacom should allow people to upload their stuff to YouTube. I don't watch anything longer than 5 minutes on YouTube. The video is crappy, the sound low-quality and the experience is poor. Even if every episode of Studio 60 was up on YouTube I'd still buy the DVDs rather than watch it on YouTube. Does Viacom make its money from proper shows or 5 minute clips? The 5 minutes clips get me interested in a show and then I go out and buy the DVD. Viacom should allow people to upload their stuff to YouTube.

I don’t watch anything longer than 5 minutes on YouTube. The video is crappy, the sound low-quality and the experience is poor. Even if every episode of Studio 60 was up on YouTube I’d still buy the DVDs rather than watch it on YouTube.

Does Viacom make its money from proper shows or 5 minute clips? The 5 minutes clips get me interested in a show and then I go out and buy the DVD.

]]> By: Mark http://www.tomrafteryit.net/is-there-even-a-short-term-gain-for-viacom-here/#comment-101724 Mark Fri, 16 Mar 2007 20:03:42 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/is-there-even-a-short-term-gain-for-viacom-here/#comment-101724 Mark Cuban covered all of this so I don't have to. http://www.blogmaverick.com/2007/03/13/you-go-viacom/ Bottom line: If Viacom want their content on YouTube they are the only entity entitled to put it there. If anyone else puts it there it's nothing more than pirated content. Mark Cuban covered all of this so I don’t have to.
http://www.blogmaverick.com/2007/03/13/you-go-viacom/

Bottom line: If Viacom want their content on YouTube they are the only entity entitled to put it there. If anyone else puts it there it’s nothing more than pirated content.

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