YouTube More Popular Since Takedowns?
YouTube has become even more popular since the Google-owned video-sharing site took down about 100,000 videos that Viacom claimed infringed on its copyrights last month, according to the search giant's general counsel Kent Walker. "We think that's a testament to the draw of the user-generated content on YouTube," he said in a statement.
As reported in Technology Daily's PM edition, Viacom filed a lawsuit against Google and YouTube in a Manhattan federal court asking for $1 billion in damages and an injunction barring further alleged infringement.
Meanwhile, Google has been successful at forging "thousands of successful partnerships with content owners" like Warner Music, Sony/BMG, Universal Music and others, Walker said. The partnerships offer users access to a wide world of entertainment, sports, politics and news "and we're only getting started," he said.
Update: The 463 Blog has a nice round up of what some in the Internet community are saying about the Viacom-Google lawsuit.
Google Watch: A rundown of Viacom's arguments
Jeff Jarvis: Viacom has an issue with their own viewers
Fred Wilson: Hopes the suit doesn’t settle
TechDirt: Ponders the supposed damage in question
Paid Content: Timeline of Viacom/YouTube interactions
Henry Blodget: It's not a big deal
Mark Cuban: "Gootube" has no idea who their users are
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