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South Park kills 10 YouTube memes for good

Viacom continues to pursue a $1 billion lawsuit against Google's YouTube for allowing video piracy. On Viacom's Comedy Central, South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone aren't helping their corporate parent's legal case. In last night's episode, Stan, Kyle, Cartman, and Kenny asked themselves "How Do We Make Money on the Internet?" and predictably, they find it difficult — just like YouTube. This leads to a South Park scene straight out of Viacom CEO Philippe Daumann's dreams as, one by one, the viral-video sensations that made YouTube so big are destroyed. Here's the scene in two clips, and all the popular videos it refers to: More »

12:40 PM on Thu Apr 3 2008
By Nicholas Carlson
150,438 views, 16 comments

Latest by jmaynard: Matthew: No, not usually. more »

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Viacom, Google show indecision in legal battle


It's not odd at all for a media company to plug its properties on others. So there's nothing inherently surprising in video ads for Comedy Central's "Indecision 2008" appearing on political blog Talking Points Memo. Unless, that is, you're aware of the troublesome legal history between Viacom, the ad's purchaser, and Google, the company which placed the ad on Talking Points. More »

1:38 PM on Tue Aug 28 2007
By Owen Thomas
336 views, 1 comment

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Viacom dupes its own video cliphouse

With most clips of The Daily Show and The Colbert Report deleted from Youtube, what's left? Viacom doesn't care, as they're already pre-selling the expanded capabilities of Comedycentral.com at the Media Summit conference. CC-hosted clips already have embed capabilities, allowing users to slap the clips on MySpace or blogs, Youtube-style. Of course, you don't get to pick what clips are available, nor can you avoid the occasional bumper ad. Expect to see more of those ads, in fact — otherwise, what's the advantage of spending money to host your own content?

2:20 PM on Fri Feb 9 2007
By Chris Mohney
97 views, 1 comment

Latest by zen: If major content publishers can withhold the temptation of going with a Youtube to gain access to audiences (and eventually get a rev share for video ads placed against their content), then Youtube may eventually "go away." See below. Youtube has more »