On 4/22/06, Jeff Marquis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
This is not about you personally but... after all the people screaming in here about Veoh violating their copyrights, it seems only reasonable to point out that companies do have some rights to be protected from slander.
And if you want any entity, whether a person or a corporation, to treat you with consideration, it's only fair that you do the same for them. It is within the realms of possibility that Veoh did act in bad faith and did trick a particularly stupid VC company into giving them money on that basis. But... is that an accusation we should really be flinging around without even considering the benefit of the doubt?
Another aspect of this that has got up my nose is just how ready some of us were to pile on and suspect the darkest motives even when Dmitry was apparently trying to make amends. Companies are made up of people and, surprsingly enough, company people resond just as well to a kind word and a non-belligerent attitude as anyone else.
Whether the law gets applied equally in all cases is a whole 'nother argument. Don't tell me about law favoring the rich and those in power - I live in Italy, where outgoing Prime Minister Berlusconi originally got into politics (using his considerable financial and media clout) most likely to keep his own butt out of jail.
> There are laws against libel, even on the Internet.
In this day and age, with the likes of George W Bush, it's nice to see that there are a few people left who actually think the US legal system is going to protect us from corporate-backed companies like Veoh. A bad business model, or bad press, might kill Veoh. I personally don't think it will be because our wonderful legal system is fighting the good fight. Call me jaded. Check out EFF .
This is not about you personally but... after all the people screaming in here about Veoh violating their copyrights, it seems only reasonable to point out that companies do have some rights to be protected from slander.
And if you want any entity, whether a person or a corporation, to treat you with consideration, it's only fair that you do the same for them. It is within the realms of possibility that Veoh did act in bad faith and did trick a particularly stupid VC company into giving them money on that basis. But... is that an accusation we should really be flinging around without even considering the benefit of the doubt?
Another aspect of this that has got up my nose is just how ready some of us were to pile on and suspect the darkest motives even when Dmitry was apparently trying to make amends. Companies are made up of people and, surprsingly enough, company people resond just as well to a kind word and a non-belligerent attitude as anyone else.
Whether the law gets applied equally in all cases is a whole 'nother argument. Don't tell me about law favoring the rich and those in power - I live in Italy, where outgoing Prime Minister Berlusconi originally got into politics (using his considerable financial and media clout) most likely to keep his own butt out of jail.
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