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How the big boys win the race for most popular website and rake in the dough

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Carol Haynes:
How come Viacom haven't sued themselves for copyright infingement ;)

I think that you can become "successful" by cheating, but eventually it will backfire. I guess you could call it Karma.
-Deozaan (March 19, 2010, 04:35 PM)
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If you are one of the little people this is true - but by their nature cheating is how corporations (PLCs in Europe) actually do business (and often it is the only way they make real money).

bleh75:
You ever get the feeling that laws are for little people.. for corporations they are just suggestions.
-mouser (March 18, 2010, 09:01 PM)
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No doubt I LOL when I read this http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-antitrust-laws.htm
Sad :down: No definition roflz... I think corporations play by their own rules always have always will.With that kind of money to throw around nobody can stand up to them.

iphigenie:
What's strange is that so many corporations end up acting like unsocialised 7 year olds

Paul Keith:
I don't think it's as conspiratory as that.

I think this is just a specific case of supply and demand. Even sites like Lifehacker and Download Squad tow the line by hosting lists of p2p apps but not actual links.

It's just a repeated case of the rule makers not understanding how the market works and end up padding the illegal black market.

Of course there is no such market in the internet that pays that's why often big business fail when they start to apply this phase of the issue:

...and start charging for the services the site once offered for free once they have locked in users and locked in their position as the dominant market force.
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There's nothing really big market about it. Tons of websites cheat the SEO, use linkbaits, make top 10 lists, make short uninformed but reader friendly posts at a rapid rate... how is Youtube and Viacom worse for playing the game and uploading copyrighted materials?

They're just taking advantage of the demand caused by how the copyright banning promoted the appeal for copyright videos viewed with better convenience.

Believe me if there were no copyright and sites like Youtube uploaded the legal copies, they might not have gotten as big as say a site like Youtube but also allowed direct torrent series downloading but with warning labels (pre-breakdown Mininova if combined with Youtube)

It's just the opportunist taking advantage of the other richer opportunists. Viacom just didn't know how to play the game well but sites like Gaia Online, Gamefaqs.com, sites bought by Google, they tow that line too and are doing well even by making the product inferior. Best (or worst depending on which side of the fence you are), they have a sustainable website. 

sazzen:
I think that you can become "successful" by cheating, but eventually it will backfire. I guess you could call it Karma.

But I also believe that the truly successful people/businesses are honest.

-Deozaan (March 19, 2010, 04:35 PM)
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You're very young, aren't you?  ;)

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