Why Mr. Redstone, you've got awfully dirty hands...

Looks like the YouTube vs. Viacom lawsuit is going to get laughed out of court if the judge isn't a total freaking wuss. Viacom owns iFilm. iFilm has copyrighted material from companies other than Viacom or CBS on the site. iFilm hasn't pulled any of it so far. Therefore, Viacom is asking YouTube to do what it is unwilling or unable to do on iFilm. Which means Viacom has unclean hands.

Looky here, HBO! Some infringing material on iFilm! Soprano killing spree! Get it while it's hot! Get it before Viacom wakes up and whacks it! Hey, isn't HBO/Cinemax the arch-nemesis of Showtime/TMC? Go get 'em! I caught them with their pants down!

Anyway, here's more about the situation.

And of course, here's what I think about YouTube and their spinelessness.

More YouTube follies...

This is the video YouTube does not want you to see.



So yeah, apparently now I'm Persona Non Grata there. Whoopee! Oh well, Ning is just fine by me.

Update: this is up on YouTube as well. They are finally showing a little scrotal matter.

Ms. Geek's scary logo dissected.

This was done with my Mac, and is a tongue-in-cheek look at what makes a scary ident scary. I'm putting all my stuff up on ning.com from here on out. YouTube might be more known but they are also prone to be overzealous when they get rid of material associated with Big Media companies. They will get rid of parodies and fanfilms at the same time as they get rid of copyrighted stuff.

Like I say at the end of this video: YouTube should grow a spine. Big Media should grow a brain. Sites like YouTube do not allow downloading, and could conceivably block the tools that people in the know use to download .FLV content. Sites like these give absolutely FREE PUBLICITY. If anything, Big Media should be THANKING YouTube for providing people with a way to find content that promotes their products.