Media conglomerate Viacom International today upbraided YouTube for continuing to host throngs of Viacom videos without permission and demanded that over 100,000 of its clips be removed from the popular video-sharing site owned by Google. Viacom, whose properties include Comedy Central, MTV, Nick at Nite, Nickelodeon, Paramount Pictures, and VH1, ran out of patience after months of discussions with Google and YouTube, the company said in a statement.
Even while looking at this situation through Viacoms eyes, it’s hard to understand why they would refuse free advertising. Granted, they don’t directly make money off their videos on YouTube, but there’s no doubt that its a resource that’s driven many new viewers to their shows.
Source: PC World