Why would Viacom keep suing at Youtube for infringement when they can post the videoes themselves.?

Published January 25, 2011

Question by dook 79: Why would Viacom keep suing at Youtube for infringement when they can post the videoes themselves.?
If PBS, Nova, local TV stations and some music companies have agreements with Youtube to post their videoes on the site. Why can’t Viacom just get an agreement with youtube to post videoes in its site then the copyright infringers would go away instead of suing youtube for billions of dollars.
If PBS, Nova, local TV stations and some music companies have agreements with Youtube to post their videoes on the site. Why can’t Viacom just get an agreement with youtube to post videoes in its site then the copyright infringers would go away instead of suing youtube for 1 billion dollars.

Best answer:

Answer by David D
Presumably Viacom don’t like the terms of the agreements that Youtube offer.

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