Comment by Kimberly (not verified), posted March 15, 2007 - 7:48am
Your comment about Justin Timberlake ignores so many different aspects of our current situation. Seeing Justin Timberlake (or whoever) doesn't just happen. It is a visual form of art, even if you think his performance is artless. Nonetheless, for you to "see" him on your computer, there were many people involved -- writers, cameramen, directors, and yes, Mr. Timberlake himself. And perhaps countless other people -- all of whom, just as their Industrial Revolution counterparts, need to eat.
This is the information Age. It is what we buy and sell. To strip it of value is to strip most of our livelihoods of value. It is to take away our ability to make money and -- therefore -- to eat.
YouTube has been stripping the value off all of this work, and doing it in front of the whole world. Someone had to step in and challenge them on it. I'm glad to see that Viacom (as well as Mark Cuban) are doing so.
Viacom has made some smart moves lately -- signing deals with Joost, overhauling MTV's online strategy -- and now this. I think it's good for the web, and for all of in the creative feilds, to have a force on the side of copyright.
Again, in an information age, protection of information is all we have.
Your comment about Justin Timberlake ignores so many different aspects of our current situation. Seeing Justin Timberlake (or whoever) doesn't just happen. It is a visual form of art, even if you think his performance is artless. Nonetheless, for you to "see" him on your computer, there were many people involved -- writers, cameramen, directors, and yes, Mr. Timberlake himself. And perhaps countless other people -- all of whom, just as their Industrial Revolution counterparts, need to eat.
This is the information Age. It is what we buy and sell. To strip it of value is to strip most of our livelihoods of value. It is to take away our ability to make money and -- therefore -- to eat.
YouTube has been stripping the value off all of this work, and doing it in front of the whole world. Someone had to step in and challenge them on it. I'm glad to see that Viacom (as well as Mark Cuban) are doing so.
Viacom has made some smart moves lately -- signing deals with Joost, overhauling MTV's online strategy -- and now this. I think it's good for the web, and for all of in the creative feilds, to have a force on the side of copyright.
Again, in an information age, protection of information is all we have.
- Kimberly