VEVO CEO Tries To Explain Their Hypocritical Act Of Piracy At Sundance

TechCrunch:

Yesterday I reported on a bizarre incident I witnessed at Sundance last month: VEVO, the music portal owned by some of the biggest record labels in the US, had a pirated NFL playoff game playing on screens throughout its ‘PowerStation’ venue.

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Comments

[Bernard Bethea]

03:02 PM on 02/11/2012

Maybe the should check the bank account of the Texas senator who wrote the bill

[pjlowry]

08:18 AM on 02/11/2012

The NFL is very picky about its product... I hope they sue VEVO for piracy and gives the labels a taste of their own medicine!

[Add In Canadia]

07:33 AM on 02/11/2012

People who make $10 an hour and steal stuff worth less than $1 should be thrown in jail forever, or fined a million dollars! It's only fair.

People who make millions? All they need is a finger wag, and a promise to never do it again and their golden.

[DaveMB]

12:15 AM on 02/11/2012

It's only piracy when you do it. When someone who can buy politicians does it it's no longer illegal.

[Warren Yuill]

06:40 AM on 02/11/2012

kinda like insider trading

[Simondj]

11:23 PM on 02/10/2012

Something's different here in HuffPo world. The place seems a mess....

[JonShank]

11:13 PM on 02/10/2012

What a dick

[Changeover]

11:08 PM on 02/10/2012

Sundance piracy or mention the incumbent huge loss today.  God - 1 08ummer - 0.

[TS69]

11:07 PM on 02/10/2012

“'pןɹoʍ ǝɥʇ puɐ buıǝq ɟo ǝɹnʇɐu ןɐʇuǝɯɐpunɟ ǝɥʇ buıuıɐןdxǝ ɥʇıʍ pǝuɹǝɔuoɔ ʎɥdosoןıɥd ɟo ɥɔuɐɹq ɐ sı sɔısʎɥdɐʇǝɯ”

[Simondj]

11:20 PM on 02/10/2012

English, please.

[yphili184]

11:06 PM on 02/10/2012

What's the sense of this story? It's wrong to steal; end of story — moving on. It's like you keep trying to cover for it. BTW I'm starting to think that Anonymous is editing HP.

[nhfarmer]

11:26 PM on 02/10/2012

There was a sense in the story that humans have a natural desire to seek the enjoyment of other human discoveries, within their own limits, and that their desire often leads to their own peril.

[TS69]

11:04 PM on 02/10/2012

cpacjihadist occupy our country backed by billionaire nihilist_

[mcnote5150]

11:01 PM on 02/10/2012

Piracy was a cheap way for portholes to test new platforms of distribution on the internet to see if the technology would work. At the same time ween a new generation on the technology and the platform. Of course people would use and adapt it if it was "free". Then once they got the audience then start charging for the service in small steps. Then pass laws to limit your competition by enforcing anti-piracy laws then sell the service to the producers of the content showing it works. Saying we're the one of the only games in town now even though you built your service on piracy. Which now that you have an audience you will start licensing. It's all about making technology commonplace and second nature then charging for it.

[nhfarmer]

11:35 PM on 02/10/2012

A good explanation of why the assignment of ownership rights should be unconstitutional, if humanity is to survive without greedily self-destructing.

[nhfarmer]

11:00 PM on 02/10/2012

During the archaic cable TV era, bounty hunters bought many drinks at bars to attract enough viewers to justify a lawsuit against a bar-owner playing a copyrighted work, e.g. a prize fight. I wonder if Internet bounty hunters have supplanted their trade. Ironically, the discoverer of this excellent example of alleged piracy must appreciate the old trade.

[Julie Kat]

10:58 PM on 02/10/2012

Hey, did anyone notice that we've been invaded by Aliens?

[TS69]

11:00 PM on 02/10/2012

irish or italian ?

[Julie Kat]

11:02 PM on 02/10/2012

Haitian.

[nhfarmer]

11:03 PM on 02/10/2012

Did anyone notice that they found no intelligent life?

[Why me Bro]

10:58 PM on 02/10/2012

Seriously?
On this website...you are funny!

[Julie Kat]

11:05 PM on 02/10/2012

gotta start somewhere.

It's called the Huffing Ton Post for a reason.

It gets windy.

[TS69]

11:08 PM on 02/10/2012

hufftang posse

[JonShank]

11:14 PM on 02/10/2012

more's the pity... no one l

[reressler]

10:53 PM on 02/10/2012

Can't believe this has been the Huffington Post's lead story for several hours. Isn't there something important happening somewhere?

[nhfarmer]

11:06 PM on 02/10/2012

No, unless music and art are unimportant to humans.