Walt Mossberg – For iPad and Mobile Devices, a “Port” out of the Norm
Michael Fricklas is Viacom’s (VIA) general counsel, and it’s his job to oversee the company’s legal efforts, including its $1 billion lawsuit against YouTube. When people talk about Big Content, they’re talking about people like Fricklas.
So it might be surprising to watch him tell a class of Yale law students this month that suing end users for online copyright infringement is “expensive, and it’s painful, and it feels like bullying.”
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