It was only a matter of time…

Viacom is suing YouTube & Google for showing unauthorized Viacom videos on the video sharing site. And not just suing…but a suit for $1 billion (with a B!) dollars. This reminds me a bit of Napster…and the recording artists going after people sharing music there. If anything, seeing clips of shows on YouTube makes me want to buy the full season disk. I love that anyone can share a 30 second clip from an old show there, or a funny commercial. Until Viacom opens up their own video sharing site, I wish they’d leave Google and YouTube alone.