'New kids on block' will fade out

May 09, 2007 Top execs at Time Warner, Viacom and News Corp. defended their ground against new-media competition and government regulation during a panel discussion Tuesday at the National Cable & Telecommunications Assn.'s Cable Show. The panel, moderated by William Kennard, managing director of the Carlyle Group, also addressed copyright infringement and piracy issues. Dauman, whose company is suing YouTube and Google for copyright infringement of Viacom's entertainment properties, called the issue of copyright protections "sacrosanct," saying that "up to a point we can deal with it, but past that point we have to protect rights while making content available to consumers on every available platform."

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