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Interview with Mark Cuban at Spectrum Online in which he argues that the DMCA safe harbor provisions that protect ISPs from copyright infringement claims do not apply to site owners. He also makes some salient observations with regard to movie piracy via BitTorrent etc. and the absurd claims made by movie studios about how much this is costing them:

IEEE Spectrum: Do you use file-sharing sites?

Cuban: ….. I don’t go to BitTorrent, other than to check for our movies.

IEEE Spectrum: To see if they have been pirated?

Cuban: Yes.

IEEE Spectrum: What do you do if they have?

Cuban: Nothing. Cause those kids weren’t gonna spend the money anyways. hat tip: socialmedia.biz

[BONUS LINK] Seth Godin suggests that copyright lawsuits may have less to do with the losses of copyright holders than the gains of copyright attorneys.

[BONUS LINK 2] Google announces that broadcast TV is pretty close to dead .

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