Why the YouTube-Viacom Judgement Is A (Small) Victory For Law and Culture
Many of you will no doubt remember the heady, early days of YouTube. The promising new site that simplified video sharing was (and still is) all the rage, mainly because it allowed people to share the bits of video they were watching and liked with others. Of course, that also meant that you couldn’t go two clicks without stumbling on a short snippet of The Daily Show, a music video or part of a movie uploaded to the site without the owner’s consent. Seemingly overnight (but not really), the web was awash with things that used to be limited to TVs, cinemas or the radio. Unsurprisingly, content owners…