This email just sparked a big debate in my lab about the use of "infinite" in this context.
With the loss of Oink and TV-Links, our distributed libraries of culture are clearly not safe. Has anyone heard of an effort to archive or mirror YouTube content? I can imagine a script that downloads the .flv's of every result for a certain search term. Fred, can you keep the rest of us updated on the trial? Kevin On 10/25/07, Fred Benenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The google v. viacom trial is having a hearing in NYC tomorrow... check out > my FC @ NYU announcement: > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Fred Benenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Oct 25, 2007 5:51 PM > Subject: Google v. Viacom Tomorrow > To: "Free Culture @ NYU's list serv" < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Free Culture @ NYU, > So one of the benefits of living in a self-proclaimed democracy is that at > least some of the court trials are mostly open to the public. That means > that when Viacom sues Google for ONE BILLION DOLLARS over YouTube's > "infinite amount of infringement" we're allowed to sit in on all the court > room antics. > > I attended the first (and last, as far as I can tell) hearing and it was a > scheduling hearing. Despite a stern warning from my lawyer friends that the > hearing would be immensely boring, I really enjoyed it. The two sides ended > up getting into their arguments in a very inappropriate and entertaining > way. > > Now, I have no idea whether tomorrow will have the same kind of fireworks, > but I am certainly intending on being there. There were mostly reporters and > lawyers (especially one lawyer who kept on sneering when Google would say > stuff like "How are we supposed to take responsibility for an 'infinite > amount of infringement?'") last time and I felt a little out of place with a > t-shirt, so you might consider wearing something nice if you don't want to > feel awkward. > > Anyway, here's the information: > > Google v. Viacom > 4pm, October 26th 2007 > Room 21C > Judge Louis L. Stanton > United States Courthouse > 500 Pearl Street > New York, NY 10007-1312 > Phone: 212-805-0136 > If anyone wants to meet up, I'll be outside (or maybe in the lobby if its > really going to rain) around 3:30. > > > Best, > > Fred Benenson > President, Free Culture @ NYU > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss
