CBS' viewership increased after posting vids on YouTube

So, it actually helps TV networks get MORE viewers if their videos are posted on YouTube, but we shouldn't post their videos on YouTube because somehow that harms them (cough, Comedy Central). Okay. And, at the same time, CBS can post their own videos all over YouTube, and they do, but when we post the same videos on YouTube somehow THAT harms CBS. How? Not clear, since CBS is already posting its videos, for free, on YouTube, so it's not like they're worried about their content going on YouTube, and it's not like they're suffering a harm for it being there. So what's the problem again? The networks need to decide if YouTube is a good thing or a bad thing, because in the meantime they're creating a lot of bad blood (Comedy Central).

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