Yelp reviewers claim to be employees in lawsuit
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Re: Yelp reviewers claim to be employees in lawsuit
#2so if this lawsuit were to win, would this be the beginning of the end for user generated content sites?
Not that I think they'll win. Its a bit of a stretch to call these reviewers employees unless there is something missing from the article (I've never heard of Yelp before so I don't know much about them).
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#3unbelievable. some people.
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#4"...textbook example of a frivolous lawsuit" - Yelp
I have to agree.
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#5The precedent of such a suit would be staggering; I can't count on two hands the number of major Internet companies that derive the vast-majority of their content from user-generated content.
Kinda weird to be fiercely on the side of a company I dislike, but I hope Yelp doesn't have to spend too much money on pointless legal fees here.
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#6The precedent of such a suit would be staggering; I can't count on two hands the number of major Internet companies that derive the vast-majority of their content from user-generated content. Kinda weird to be fiercely on the side of a company I dislike, but I hope Yelp doesn't have to spend too much money on pointless legal fees here.
You write as if the suit has a chance. The suit has no chance, none, zilch, zero. They were not forced to write the reviews. Imagine me and you suing ycombinator, because our post on HN adds value to the site. How absurd.
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#7So what would Facebook be? Or Google?
Re: Yelp reviewers claim to be employees in lawsuit
#8The precedent of such a suit would be staggering; I can't count on two hands the number of major Internet companies that derive the vast-majority of their content from user-generated content. Kinda weird to be fiercely on the side of a company I dislike, but I hope Yelp doesn't have to spend too much money on pointless legal fees here.
You write as if the suit has a chance. The suit has no chance, none, zilch, zero. They were not forced to write the reviews. Imagine me and you suing ycombinator, because our post on HN adds value to the site. How absurd.
I certainly hope you are correct (and would believe you to be), I just have zero domain knowledge of the law in this scenario and wanted to resist making such an assertion.
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#9"...textbook example of a frivolous lawsuit" - Yelp
Agreed.
But let's just say, they win. Would this force sites like Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook to go the YouTube route and pay the really popular ones?
--well anyone can make money on YouTube, but unless your popular, your not going to make anything significant--
People already do this with sponsored tweets and pics, but it's not Twitter that's actually paying them.
I wonder why YouTube decided it's a good idea (obviously it was/is).
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#10Wow. That takes some balls.