Viacom hits me with copyright infringement for posting on YouTube a video that Viacom made by infrin

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Waiving the right to remain silent, said:

My guess is that Viacom routinely complains about any of their stuff
appearing on YouTube without regard for content or origination. In other
words, they run on automatic.

You probably have a case, but it'll cost you...

 

First of all, it's not the poster who was complaining about the Viacom
situation. The poster is a spammer just trying to draw hits to his website.

Second, I was curious so I looked at the videos that were involved. The
person complaining does appear to have a basis for alleging infringement by
Viacom. And Viacom does appear to have a basis for alleging infringement as
well.

 

That occurred to me, Paul, but I let it go for the sake of the discussion.

Yep - I assumed that too. Viacom's wraparounds would be their property.

 

This guy has been spamming the ng for a while now. This is one of the
few ngs left on Usenet that has value, so I get a little touchy when I
see abused by that guy.

Exactly. It would be an interesting law suit -- probably the first
time I can think of in which both the plaintiff and the counter-claim
plaintiff would win on the same cause of action.

 

This guy has been spamming the ng for a while now. This is one of the
few ngs left on Usenet that has value, so I get a little touchy when I
see abused by that guy.

Exactly. It would be an interesting law suit -- probably the first
time I can think of in which both the plaintiff and the counter-claim
plaintiff would win on the same cause of action.

 

Waiving the right to remain silent, said:

Find someone to pay for it. ;-)