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Ask Viacom where Jonathan Coulton's 37 dollars is:
http://www.viacom.com/contact/Pages/default.aspx Jonathan Coulton's Flickr video:
http://www.jonathancoulton.com/primer/flickr/ In which John Green examines the complicated relationship between Viacom and piracy: Viacom has filed a lawsuit against YouTube seeking more than a billion dollars in damages for the copyright infringement that was rife in the early days of YouTube. But John proves that spike.com, which is owned by Viacom, has been placing ads against content that doesn't belong to them for years, including Jonathan Coulton's brilliant music video "Flickr."
This video includes a snippet of "Flickr," which is--like this video--released under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike Creative Commons license. All of which is to say: Viacom, if you steal my video like you stole Coulton's, I will sue you.
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EmptyFriendsays...Who is this guy talking to? Hank?
Skeevesays...Hank is his brother; they take turns posting videos to their YouTube channel "Vlogbrothers".
>> ^EmptyFriend:
Who is this guy talking to? Hank?
gwiz665says...*quality *doublepromote
siftbotsays...Boosting this quality contribution up in the Hot Listing - declared quality by gwiz665.
Double-Promoting this video and sending it back into the queue for one more try; last queued Tuesday, June 8th, 2010 3:50am PDT - doublepromote requested by gwiz665.
Skeevesays...It turns out that this video was actually found a short while later on Viacom's Spike.com covered in ads. Viacom owes John Green 60 cents.
They might follow up on their threat to sue Viacom.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCBLmhh2qPE
ctrlaltbleachsays...Anyone see the comment about how he gave accidental permission to Viacom without even knowing it? How nice for Viacom legal loopholes are the shit right?
davidrainesays...>> ^ctrlaltbleach:
Anyone see the comment about how he gave accidental permission to Viacom without even knowing it? How nice for Viacom legal loopholes are the shit right?
Nope, can't find it. Could you reproduce it on this site, perhaps?
blankfistsays...Viacom has an official statement on the matter, and it ain't pretty!
Watch here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
poolcleanersays...>> ^blankfist:
Viacom has an official statement on the matter, and it ain't pretty!
Watch here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
Well played.
Gabe_bsays...>> ^blankfist:
Viacom has an official statement on the matter, and it ain't pretty!
Watch here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
Apparently the content of that video is far too valuable for us non-consumers in South Korea to view. Anyone care to summarize?
Kevlarsays...>> ^Gabe_b:
>> ^blankfist:
Viacom has an official statement on the matter, and it ain't pretty!
Watch here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
Apparently the content of that video is far to valuable for us non-consumers in South Korea to view. Anyone care to summarize?
We're no strangers to love...
You know the rules, and so - do - I.
Gabe_bsays...>> ^Kevlar:
>> ^Gabe_b:
>> ^blankfist:
Viacom has an official statement on the matter, and it ain't pretty!
Watch here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
Apparently the content of that video is far to valuable for us non-consumers in South Korea to view. Anyone care to summarize?
We're no strangers to love...
You know the rules, and so - do - I.
LOL, ok thx
TreacleMinesays...JoCo sez:
"Oops - turns out I gave iFilm permission to post flickr in 06 before they were Spike.com. Viacom does not owe me $37. Sorry Viacom!"
http://twitter.com/jonathancoulton/status/15804884261
rottenseedsays...>> ^Skeeve:
Hank is his brother; they take turns posting videos to their YouTube channel "Vlogbrothers".
<div><div style="margin: 10px; overflow: auto; width: 80%; float: left; position: relative;" class="convoPiece"> EmptyFriend said:<img style="margin: 4px 10px 10px; float: left; width: 40px;" src="http://static1.videosift.com/avatars/e/EmptyFriend-s.jpg" onerror="ph(this)"><div style="position: absolute; margin-left: 52px; padding-top: 1px; font-size: 10px;" class="commentarrow">◄</div><div style="padding: 8px; margin-left: 60px; margin-top: 2px; min-height: 30px;" class="nestedComment box">Who is this guy talking to? Hank?
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I thought it was like when Earnest calls me "Vern"
rebuildersays...Wish I could retract my upvote, seeing as the premise of this video appears to be false.
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