The legal skirmish between Viacom and Google/YouTube is great drama with a couple of interesting storylines. One is that at first blush it looks like a classic David versus Goliath story but then you realize that it is not so obvious who David is and who is Goliath. Google, after all, has a bigger market cap than Viacom. Plus, new media, which Google is an offspring of, is clearly disrupting old media, which Viacom is a product of.
In any event, I was asked by Tom Taulli of BloggingStocks for a quickie analysis of Viacom's lawsuit against YouTube. Here is an excerpt:
"Behind all of the drama, the lawsuit has to be seen as a kind of mating ritual, the precursor dance that occurs before getting down to the brass tacks of serious negotiation on economics and a more formal coordination of strategies..."
Read the full article HERE.
Very funny post, Mark. One news gossip site I love visiting is techdirt.com, it has gossip about everything Web 2 point Oh Oh Ohhh and Ohhh so much more. They had a lead article today about Viacom and YouTube: http://techdirt.com/articles/20070323/161758.shtml
By the way, Viacom's in-browser media player is garbage.
Posted by: John "Z-Bo" Zabroski | March 24, 2007 at 07:19 AM
Let it be, let it be... What a strange place here.
Posted by: Klement | October 21, 2007 at 09:21 AM