[URL]http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17592285/[/URL]

"MTV owner Viacom Inc. sued the popular video-sharing site YouTube and its corporate parent, Google Inc., on Tuesday, seeking more than $1 billion in damages on claims of widespread copyright infringement."

"In a statement, Viacom lashed out at YouTube’s business practices, saying it has “built a lucrative business out of exploiting the devotion of fans to others’ creative works in order to enrich itself and its corporate parent Google.”"

I don't see how. YouTube, that I know of, is free.

"Viacom said YouTube’s business model, “which is based on building traffic and selling advertising off of unlicensed content, is clearly illegal and is in obvious conflict with copyright laws.”"

This is going to come down to a Napster-like fight. Simply because YouTube doesn't post the videos themselves, users do.