Comments on: Thanks for nothing, Viacom http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/04/03/thanks-for-nothing-viacom/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:46:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Mathew http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/04/03/thanks-for-nothing-viacom/comment-page-1/#comment-243722 Mathew Wed, 04 Apr 2007 20:23:09 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/04/03/thanks-for-nothing-viacom/#comment-243722 Thanks for the comment, Jason. I did point out that sampling only removed videos distorts the results somewhat. And I have read Shelly Palmer's piece on YouTube -- but I think that he is overstating the case somewhat, as I think you are with the bootleg DVD analogy. In any case, thanks for commenting. Thanks for the comment, Jason. I did point out that sampling only removed videos distorts the results somewhat. And I have read Shelly Palmer’s piece on YouTube — but I think that he is overstating the case somewhat, as I think you are with the bootleg DVD analogy.

In any case, thanks for commenting.

]]> By: Jason http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/04/03/thanks-for-nothing-viacom/comment-page-1/#comment-243694 Jason Wed, 04 Apr 2007 18:23:22 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/04/03/thanks-for-nothing-viacom/#comment-243694 These stats are completely bogus. Henry Blodget should be embarrassed to write about them. I wouldn't be surprised if he removes the post. You can't just count removed videos from a site that does not remove videos. It's completely ridiculous. Listen, the nay-sayers are right about YouTube. (You should read Shelly Palmer's article on Media 3.0 -- <a href="http://advancedmediacommittee.typepad.com/emmyadvancedmedia/2006/11/youtube_without.html" rel="nofollow">Where's the Business?</a> There is no business, any different than the guy standing on the corner selling bootleg DVD's. - Jason These stats are completely bogus. Henry Blodget should be embarrassed to write about them. I wouldn’t be surprised if he removes the post.

You can’t just count removed videos from a site that does not remove videos. It’s completely ridiculous.

Listen, the nay-sayers are right about YouTube. (You should read Shelly Palmer’s article on Media 3.0 — Where’s the Business?

There is no business, any different than the guy standing on the corner selling bootleg DVD’s.

- Jason

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