Infringement Fridays

(via Drudge)

More media conglomerate presidents are cluelessly whining about YouTube.

The history of media so far . . .

TV will destroy the current media content paradigm and drain it of all value, while lowering the level of discourse.

Cable TV will destroy the current media content paradigm and drain it of all value, while lowering the level of discourse.

Video Tapes will destroy the current media content paradigm and drain it of all value, while increasing piracy.

DVDs will destroy the current media content paradigm and drain it of all value, while increasing piracy.

YouTube will destroy the current media content paradigm and drain it of all value, while increasing piracy.

The second part of each of these statements has been true to some exent, but the first part has been ridiculously false. Each new medium has increased profits rather than reduced them, yet the content providers have fought to put draconian controls on the end users ability to enjoy their product.

(I conveniently left out P2P file sharing/MP3s effect on music, cause they most likely did drain value out of the music industry, but the decline can also be explained by shoddy product and more competing choices for entertainment dollars)

Now on to the copyright infringement portion of the post . . .

Island records is part of Doug Morris' empire so here is a seminal song in the Island catalogue. The fantastic Harder They Come by Jimmy Cliff

For me, the Warner Bros. artist that matters most is early Prince. Damn, that purple little freak was (is) good. So many great songs to choose from, I'll go with the original video for 1999. Why? Cause Lisa (I'm not sure that's Wendy next to her in the video) looks tasty (speaking of Lisa, I like the work she and Wendy are doing scoring this show), the song is great, and it's hard to believe that 1999 is so long ago, let alone 1982 when this song was first recorded.

Back to pissing off Doug Morris, Geffen Records is the home of many great acts. I'm going for a back in the day clip from Lone Justice

Finally, back to the WB, Looney Tunes is one of their most valuable assets, let's just 'drain it of value' why don't we, after watching this clip now you won't have any urge to ever buy another Looney Tunes DVD again (I guess that's what Dick Parsons is thinking, or something). This particular bit of YouTube-age is a bizarre amalgamation of Daffy Duck and Bonnie Tyler, you've been warned.