Guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani has sued Coldplay for copyright infringement over claims that their hit single, Viva La Vida, used "substantial original portions" of his song If I Could Fly from 2004, seeking damages for "any and all profits." The lawsuit has been filed in Los Angeles federal court.
Chris Martin has said: "We're definitely good, but I don't think you can say we're that original. I regard us as being incredibly good plagiarists." I bet he wishes he hadn't said that now...
Though what really caught my attention with all this is yet another use for YouTube. A video titled "Did Coldplay copy Joe Satriani?" was uploaded to YouTube comparing both songs and asking people to comment, using YouTube as a destination for generating discussions based on a hypothesis presented in a video format. The video is less than a week old and has over 1.5 million views and almost 12,000 comments.
With that said, I wish YouTube had a better comment management and filtering, allow to search on comments, filter by date, rating, display only your friends' comments, etc ...
So we've seen YouTube being used for entertainment, news, learning, gaming, advertising, and discussions... I can see YouTube using Google Friend Connect or if Google is smart, even Facebook Connect to gain a few new million users
"Take Me To Your Leader" focuses on trend watching in consumer behaviors, marketing, technology, and social media, but is often led astray by it's eccentric authors and their love of music, traveling, random thoughts, and pirates.
