YouTube: You Win Some, You Lose Some

Sometimes things go your way, sometimes they don't. Just as a Japanese entertainment group has asked YouTube to pull nearly 30,000 copyrighted video clips, CBS has launched its own sanctioned channel on the popular video sharing site.

The Japan Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers asked YouTube to remove 29,549 TV shows, music videos, and movies posted on the site without permission. (YouTube promptly complied, though I'd hate to be the peon responsible for that endeavor.) Meanwhile, CBS has launched its own YouTube channel featuring clips from Letterman, CBS News, and some of the great sports moments of our time such as Duke's buzzer-beating shot over UConn in the 1990 NCAA Basketball Tournament. (NBC already has a channel on YouTube, featuring trailers and clips from the Tonight Show among other things.) Both channels need work--but at least entertainment execs are starting to realize the value in sharing content with fans, rather than fighting them.

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