2nd Comment on Class Material

After class on Friday, I looked over some of our required blogs and saw that the Viacom vs. Google situation is getting a great deal of attention in the blogosphere. After reading over the article in class, it was hard for me to take a side because I could see where both company's were coming from. Ultimately, I think Viacom is right in saying that their material should not be on YouTube without authorization, but under current law, Google is not doing anything wrong. If Google were putting up unauthorized media on their site, or promoting/allowing users to add media that is not authorized, then Viacom would definitely win the lawsuit. Until more formal and intricate web-based laws are enacted, more and more cases like this will come about in the future, so it's important for lawmakers to take action ASAP.