Jeff Jarvis explains how Viacom is being deeply, deeply stupid with their billion dollar lawsuit against YouTube. I love this part - first, Jeff quotes the complaint:

Because YouTube directly profits from the availability of popular infringing works on its site, it has decided to shift the burden entirely onto copyright owners to monitor the YouTube site on a daily or hourly basis to detect infringing videos and send notices to YouTube demanding that it “take down” the infringing works.

To which Jeff notes:

Uh, their complaint there is with the law.

Just when I thought big media couldn't get dumber, Viacom comes along and proves me wrong.

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