YouTube & Viacom are at it again

Just when I think it's over, it's not over. YouTube and Viacom are at it again. The two sides were unable to come to an agreement that would allow Viacom's content to legally remain on YouTube's Website, so on Friday Viacom requested that over 100,000 clips of its programming, including my beloved Daily Show, be removed from the site.

Sigh.

This is getting frustrating, annoying, and frankly, I'm beyond caring about it now. I'll simply check back every once in a while on YouTube to see if the stuff's back up. Or, I may simply find another Website that does the same thing.

I've said it before and I'll say it again - Google's purchase of YouTube effectively ended its coolness, because Google has one thing, money, that content providers covet. Funny how Viacom wasn't too concerned about Daily Show clips on YouTube when it was owned by its creators, who didn't have enough money to bother with a court case.

I still have faith that Google and Viacom will somehow come up with an agreement, though. Google has to act, or the $1 billion+ it paid for YouTube will be the biggest waste of money since... since... Time Warner bought AOL.

Stay tuned.

In the meantime, I have a bunch of Daily Show clips stored, and when they are allowed, I will upload them again so they can be found in my blog's archives and so I can bring you some yet to be posted cool clips on here.