Viacom’s one billion dollar lawsuit against YouTube. Who do you support?

Viacom’s one billion dollar copyright lawsuit against YouTube opened a debate over 2 opposite concepts of the internet. Mike Masnick explains on Mashable:

“Media companies still look on the internet as a content platform... a new broadcast medium. Most other folks recognize that the internet is a communications medium, and the focus should be on the ease of communication .When it comes to communication, the idea of using copyright to restrict content gets weird in a hurry".

Viacom claims that they’re protecting not only their copyright, but also the interests of every copyright holder out there, while Google’s lawyers say that this lawsuit “threatens the way hundreds of millions of people legitimately exchange information”.