RSSMedia's NMT Blog

YouTube is a great idea, and clearly there's enormous potential for the sort of delivery methods and user-interaction in evidence. But, what sounds too good to be true often is: some, in this case Viacom, think YouTube (and parent-company Google) are breaking copyright laws, or at least turning a blind eye to the activities of users. As we saw with the original Napster, if people want something they'll go about getting it, and if it's not offered legitimately then that's too bad. The music industry took years to catch up; will the TV people make the same mistakes by attempting to stifle something there's an enormous appetite for? You'd think a royalties deal would be a sensible approach...

Labels: consumers vs institutions, internet, social networking