Warner talks copyright with GooTube
October 13, 2006

Time Warner CEO Dick Parsons tells a British paper that his company is in talks with Google about YouTube copyright issues. However, on a hopeful note for GooTubers, he's quoted as saying "We'd like to have our content displayed on these platforms, but on a basis that it respects our rights as the owner of that content."

Here's a clip that shows the referential ease that could be lost if companies keep their clips off the YouTube (admittedly it's from Comedy Central, not Warner)... sure, you could watch this on TV or TiVo or buy the episode off of iTunes. But with YouTube, you can just quickly look up a must-see clip that you saw the other night to pass on to friends who missed it. Add on an advertisement, keep everyone happy.