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General Forums => General Discussion => Topic started by: Newby on November 02, 2006, 09:44:09 AM

Title: UTube Sues YouTube!
Post by: Newby on November 02, 2006, 09:44:09 AM
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/11/02/0357210&from=rss

Haha. YouTube has had a lot of shit going for it recently. No more Comedy Central clips... no more domain soon? (They CAN pay for another domain. It ain't expensive. Heh.)

I think purchasing YouTube = stupidest idea ever. Especially since they already had Google Video...
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Post by: Chavo on November 02, 2006, 10:12:37 AM
Yea, buying out the competition is such a horrible business plan  ::)
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Post by: Armin on November 04, 2006, 12:08:04 AM
UTube just hit the jackpot. Not only they get money for suing YouTube, it's basically free advertisement.
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Post by: trust on November 04, 2006, 08:18:05 AM
I hope they lose this suit. They should have no reason to own YouTube's domain, it's not like Universal is spelled Youniversal.
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Post by: rabbit on November 04, 2006, 10:24:21 AM
People trying to get to YouTube crashed UTube's servers many many times, resulting in them losing business when contractors and distributors couldn't access their site, and being forced to buy far more bandwidth than they would have otherwise needed.  And, mind you, a lot of deals that companies like UTube make are in the millions of dollars area, so missing 2 or 3 of them would be an enormous detriment to their profits.  Now tell me if you think they should lose.
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Post by: Armin on November 04, 2006, 11:09:52 AM
If people are hitting UTube's website instead of YouTube, they should be happy. It's basically free advertisement. I wouldn't be surprised if they made money the whole thing.
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Post by: rabbit on November 04, 2006, 11:17:21 AM
Wow you're not smart.  There are TOO many people going to UTube's site.  It's the equivalent of a DoS attack.
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Post by: Hitmen on November 04, 2006, 03:06:18 PM
Quote from: rabbit on November 04, 2006, 11:17:21 AM
Wow you're not smart.  There are TOO many people going to UTube's site.  It's the equivalent of a DoS attack.
How is this YouTubes fault... at all?
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Post by: rabbit on November 04, 2006, 03:44:23 PM
Same reason things like paypla.com are sued when they show up.
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Post by: deadly7 on November 04, 2006, 04:45:10 PM
If I start "www.ex86labs.org" will you sue me, iago?
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Post by: disco on November 04, 2006, 05:10:00 PM
Quick, someone set up Yütube.com!
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Post by: Armin on November 04, 2006, 06:41:19 PM
Quote from: rabbit on November 04, 2006, 11:17:21 AM
Wow you're not smart.  There are TOO many people going to UTube's site.  It's the equivalent of a DoS attack.
Wow you're not smart. I was building off of something you said yourself.
Quote from: rabbit on November 04, 2006, 10:24:21 AM
People trying to get to YouTube crashed UTube's servers many many times, resulting in them losing business when contractors and distributors couldn't access their site, and being forced to buy far more bandwidth than they would have otherwise needed.
If they had already bought enough bandwidth to handle the amount of people going onto their site, like you stated, then it would basically be like an advertisement for them.
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Post by: deadly7 on November 05, 2006, 09:49:20 AM
I think YouTube should win this case.  It's not their fault people are idiots, after all.  Blame all those "jump start your kid's education!" dealies.  I didn't get jump started, and now I don't leave the cruise control of my Winnebago on and get up and go in the back with nobody at the steering wheel (like an old lady did; she sued Winnebago for not having that in their manual and she won.. a million dollars).
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Post by: Hitmen on November 05, 2006, 12:04:40 PM
Quote from: rabbit on November 04, 2006, 03:44:23 PM
Same reason things like paypla.com are sued when they show up.
Those were created with the intention of cathing misspellings... UTube just happens to be unlucky in this case. I think intent is a big part of it.
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Post by: iago on November 05, 2006, 12:46:42 PM
Quote from: Hitmen on November 05, 2006, 12:04:40 PM
Quote from: rabbit on November 04, 2006, 03:44:23 PM
Same reason things like paypla.com are sued when they show up.
Those were created with the intention of cathing misspellings... UTube just happens to be unlucky in this case. I think intent is a big part of it.
Stuff like paypla.com and goggle.com are called "domain squatters" -- but yeah, this is a totally different matter.