Comments on: Fox Sues the Little Guy Over Simpsons and 24 http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/01/25/fox-sues-the-little-guy-over-simpsons-and-24/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:05:35 -0500 hourly 1 By: Jon http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/01/25/fox-sues-the-little-guy-over-simpsons-and-24/comment-page-1/#comment-76643 Jon Thu, 25 Jan 2007 16:23:42 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/01/25/fox-sues-the-little-guy-over-simpsons-and-24/#comment-76643 Who is responsible for content on the internet? The provider or the user, I guess the choice has been made - don't blame the ISPs, don't blame the content providers... blame the individual who is breaking copyright laws, I wouldn't be surprised if YouTube washed its hands of this whole ordeal and provided the info - why not, it sets a precedent and finally resolved an ongoing issue with YouTube regarding legal matters (ei: we aren't responsible for content on our site, the users uploading stuff are). I would expect YouTube membership to tank as a result and the billionaire founders to retire somewhere nice - knowing they screwed google into overpaying for their site and the users for providing content as without neither party, they are NOTHING. Jon Who is responsible for content on the internet? The provider or the user, I guess the choice has been made – don’t blame the ISPs, don’t blame the content providers… blame the individual who is breaking copyright laws, I wouldn’t be surprised if YouTube washed its hands of this whole ordeal and provided the info – why not, it sets a precedent and finally resolved an ongoing issue with YouTube regarding legal matters (ei: we aren’t responsible for content on our site, the users uploading stuff are). I would expect YouTube membership to tank as a result and the billionaire founders to retire somewhere nice – knowing they screwed google into overpaying for their site and the users for providing content as without neither party, they are NOTHING.

Jon

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