UPDATE: The video has been removed from YouTube which is sad. I’ll try to track down another version.
What would happen if a large corporation had to design the stop sign? This video has a look at “The Process” with an alarming result!
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30
Jul
Design in a Corporation
Viacom’s suing of Google for $US 1 million is laughable. Copyright is such a massive issue in this age of digital distribution and it appears that copyright holders are getting increasingly desperate in their attempts to plug the dike.
Viacom and Google were obviously unable to reach a compromise in their negotiations so Viacom decided to become the schoolyard bully who didn’t like it when he got pushed around and ran to the head master.
“After months of ongoing discussions with YouTube and Google, it has become clear that YouTube is unwilling to come to a fair market agreement that would make Viacom content available to YouTube users,” Viacom said. “Filtering tools promised repeatedly by YouTube and Google have not been put in place, and they continue to host and stream vast amounts of unauthorized video.”
It is slack, lazy, opportunistic, unnecessarily aggressive and ultimately foolish for Viacom to pursue Google over this. GoogTube certainly isn’t the only place in the world where Viacom’s copyright is being infringed but they are the only target because they have the deepest pockets.
Seems to me that Viacom’s legal department have spotted some low hanging fruit and they are heading in for the harvest.
A fantastic video, outlining the history and evolution of the internet. From humble, linear text beginnings, to user driven content where we become the machine. Fascinating viewing and a good 101 for those unsure of what this “whole web 2.0 thing” is about.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gmP4nk0EOE]
The premise that “we are the machine” is a little scary from an out there science fiction point of view. That much information about us, our habits, our likes and dislikes in the wrong, smart hands could be used to do all kinds of scary artificial intelligence stuff. Hell, this post could have me targeted by the machines as a conspirator against the machine uprising.
Well, I guess it’s time to read How to Survive a Robot Uprising again!!
