Viacom Steals YouTube Content, Then Claims It As Own
A Links entry from Thursday, August 30, 2007Viacom Steals YouTube Content, Then Claims It As Own→
Christopher Knight:
“Chutzpah” is a Yiddish word meaning “unbelievable gall or audacity”. An example of it would be the story of the kid who murders both of his parents, then throws himself on the mercy of the court on the grounds that he’s an orphan.
That’s chutzpah. So is this: multimedia giant Viacom is claiming that I have violated their copyright by posting on YouTube a segment from it’s VH1 show Web Junk 2.0… which VH1 produced – without permission – from a video that I had originally created.
Viacom used my video without permission on their commercial television show, and now says that I am infringing on THEIR copyright for showing the clip of the work that Viacom made in violation of my own copyright!
The clip in question was pulled by YouTube earlier this morning, at Viacom’s insistence.
tina oiticica harris
There has been worse. John Fogerty (sp?) was sued and accused of plagiarism for singing his own songs.
Maybe we both have Leo ROSTEN’s The joys of yiddish. ?
tina oiticica harris
I do feel for you. Better things will happen.
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