Re:who was there first (Score 1)

Actually, Universal Tube was around a lot longer. I actually heard the owner of Universal Tube on NPR about 2-3 weeks ago, sounded like a nice guy. He'd been trying to get in touch with YouTube for a while, presumably to set up some kind of arrangement that would handle their volume problems and get their customers to them while getting people looking for YouTube to the correct spot, and with the Google merger, he specifically said "I just want to get in touch with the people at Google, I think we can come to an arrangement we both like." And as to the comment "there's no such thing as bad publicity", think about this: when you own a small business and you can't keep your site up due to volume problems, you lose customers. That hurts, and can hurt a whole lot; in some cases, it's enough to drive a company under. It's not like YouTube is hurting financially now that it falls into Google's deep pockets. I'd assume this lawsuit was filed since they had been unsuccessful directly contacting Google/YouTube execs. It's a way to get their attention - I highly doubt it will make it to court.