The Internet website YouTube is growing like mad. Last year's nine million monthly visitors skyrocketed to 133 million this year, and Google purchased YouTube for $1.65 billion. Surveys show that 100 million video clips are viewed on YouTube every day and they're not all amateur home movies. Big-time producers want their pieces of YouTube's action. Viacom -- which owns Comedy Central, MTV and Nickelodeon --says Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert and SpongeBob SquarePants have been appearing on YouTube for free. So, Viacom has sued YouTube for a billion dollars in damages. Will innovation and creativity be delayed as the law catches up with technology? We get perspective from attorneys, media analysts and former network execs.
Viacom Sues YouTube
Credits
Guests:
- Douglas Lichtman - Professor of Law at the University of Chicago
- James Boyle - Professor of Law at Duke Law School
- Jordan Levin - Co-Founder, Generate
- James McQuivey - Media and Technology Analyst, Forrester Research