The old media suddenly awoke from dirt being shoveled onto its face. Looking up it finally realizes where it is and is trying to claw out of its grave. Viacom is suing YouTube. The Internet is killing the cable and satellite television star.
A judge ruled in favor of Viacom getting information on all the YouTube viewers of Viacom's video clips posted on YouTube.
At first I was furious that a judge would violate everyone's privacy like that. According to Wired Magazine, Viacom thinks its content is more popular and that YouTube made most of its money from Viacom video clips.
If I were a judge and heard that statement used as an argument, I would let Viacom role back into its grave by allowing YouTube the opportunity to prove that the overwhelming majority of its videos are user created, and finally shine a light on Viacom's tombstone, you know, like the scene from A Christmas Carol where Death points a finger at the grave of old Ebenezer Scrooge, only for Viacom, they're decades too late.
Here are some links to more information
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gy3j48SUQbQ
http://blog.wired.com/business/2007/05/viacom_vs_googl.html
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