Added: Jul 6, 2008
From: ianislegend
Duration: 3:28
i didn't read all this, but you mightViacom vs you. Google must divulge the viewing habits of every user who has ever watched any video on YouTube, a US court has ruled.The ruling comes as part of Google's legal battle with Viacom over allegations of copyright infringement.Digital rights group the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) called the ruling a "set-back to privacy rights".The viewing log, which will be handed to Viacom, contains the log-in ID of users, the computer IP address (online identifier) and video clip details.While the legal battle between the two firms is being contested in the US, it is thought the ruling will apply to YouTube users and their viewing habits everywhere.Viacom, which owns MTV and Paramount Pictures, has alleged that YouTube is guilty of massive copyright infringement.The UK's Premier League association is also seeking class action status with Viacom on the issue, alleging YouTube, which was bought by Google in 2006, has been used to watch football highlights.Legal actionWhen it initiated legal action in March 2007 Viacom said it had identified about 160,000 unauthorised clips of its programmes on the website, which had been viewed more than 1.5 billion times.Following the launch of its billion-dollar lawsuit, YouTube introduced filtering tools in an effort to prevent copyright materials from appearing on the site.The US court declined Viacom's request that Google be forced to hand over the source code of YouTube, saying it was a "trade secret" that should not be disclosed.But it said privacy concerns expressed by Google about handing over the log were "speculative".Google's senior litigation counsel Catherine Lacavera said in a statement: "We are disappointed the court granted Viacom's over-reaching demand for viewing history."We will ask Viacom to respect users' privacy and allow us to anonymise the logs before producing them under the court's order."The ruling will see the viewing habits of millions of YouTube users given to Viacom, totalling more than 12 terabytes of data.Viacom said it wanted the data to "compare the attractiveness of allegedly infringing video with that of non-infringing videos."YouTube and Google had "compelled" it to go to court, Viacom said, "by continuing to defend their illegal and irresponsible conduct and profiting from copyright infringement, when they could be implementing the safe and legal user generated content experience they promise".It said it would not be asking for any "personally identifiable information" of any user."Any information that we or our outside advisors obtain will be used exclusively for the purpose of proving our case against You Tube and Google (and) will be handled subject to a court protective order and in a highly confidential manner."'Erroneous ruling'Leading privacy expert Simon Davies told BBC News that the privacy of millions of YouTube users was threatened. He said: "The chickens have come home to roost for Google."Their arrogance and refusal to listen to friendly advice has resulted in the privacy of tens of millions being placed under threat."Mr Davies said privacy campaigners had warned Google for years that IP addresses were personally identifiable information.Google pledged last year to anonymise IP addresses for search information but it has said nothing about YouTube data.Mr Davies said: "Governments and organisations are realising that companies like Google have a warehouse full of data. And while that data is stored it is under threat of being used and putting privacy in danger."The EFF said: "The Court's erroneous ruling is a set-back to privacy rights, and will allow Viacom to see what you are watching on YouTube."We urge Viacom to back off this overbroad request and Google to take all steps necessary to challenge this order and protect the rights of its users."The body said the ruling was also potentially unlawful because the log data did contain personally identifiable data.The court also ruled that Google disclose to Viacom the details of all videos that have been removed from the site for any reason.
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kachekieran Says:
Jul 7, 2008 - i know i can understand the pple who uploaded the content being investegated coz they signed up for this agreeing not to upload any copyrighted content but investigating the viewers is to much.well they start goin after websites lik metacafe aswell...
ultimage6 Says:
Jul 8, 2008 - no, they are actually suing for that tooo
alreadytaken4536 Says:
Jul 8, 2008 - But, why would they sue for non-copyrighted material? That makes no sense.
funeralsong34 Says:
Jul 8, 2008 - they can try to sue me, i will simply not appear in court... buy a boat and satelitte dish and watch youtube in international waters...muhahaha
nepalihercules Says:
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chany1000 Says:
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DestroyViacom Says:
Jul 15, 2008 - viacom are NIGGERS
deathjoker666 Says:
Jul 19, 2008 - maybe its youtubes fault but viacom doesn't have the right to search our privacy. really makes me wonder does the court system go by money just like the justice system. maybe viacom has the money to buy out the judge's ruling. idk really. in the end viacom wants more money and how to do it now a days is by suing. its not up to us to look for the copyright material. viacom go ahead in the end you just hurt yourselves anyways. fans that are youtube users will turn away from you.
deathjoker666 Says:
Jul 19, 2008 - not sure how much youtube filters out. you got a point though. its the ppls fault putting up the videos, not the viewers. reality its just bout money in viacoms pockets. they more of a con artist like the ppl that fake injuries and sue the owner of the building or whatever they own just to get money. its the new thing to do it seems like. personally i don't think i watched any of tv shows or movies on youtube anyways just video games and music.
ianislegend Says:
Jul 19, 2008 - and thats the thing viacom is just evil, just like people who sue mac donalds cause their coffee was to hot, its ridiculous what our court system lets us get away with these days!
deathjoker666 Says:
Jul 20, 2008 - heard bout the lawsuit over mcdonalds hot coffee. i know its hot but i guess the ppl who bought it thought it was suppose to be cold.
deathjoker666 Says:
Jul 20, 2008 - Users' privacy wins in YouTube vs Viacom. viacom went on the defensive after ppl's outrage when they wanted our information. goes to tell you they think they can do anything. all our personal and viewing history information is safe now. viacom still needs to stop though. our information may be safe but youtube isn't. i mean if youtube loses it might be gone off the internet. with the outrage bout viacoms previous actions it will be more harder for them to win.
unikkatilFORlife Says:
Jul 22, 2008 - so ur saying they cant look up our history anymore or sue us?
deathjoker666 Says:
Jul 22, 2008 - viacom can't get our ip address or other private information now. yes we're safe from them. google and youtube itself is still going through the bullshit though but not the users. i still hate viacom.
SJSJOHNSONS Says:
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DarkPartikle Says:
Aug 1, 2008 - i dont know if its true but i heard that by the end of august youtube will be shut down
mpower6428 Says:
Aug 2, 2008 - mtv, ctv, comedy central, spike , dreamworks and paramount? fan?...........well, not anymore. ill be avoiding them. honestly ive been less the enthused with most of them lately to begin with. i wonder if there is a ratio or provable line graph that shows the decrease in quality output compared to the number of lawyers and executives in the average overpowered monopoly. ?
merrsshee Says:
Aug 8, 2008 - Thank god, thank you for informing us
hershey1336 Says:
Aug 12, 2008 - Wow Viacom needs to back the hell off.
WebStarrCentral Says:
Aug 24, 2008 - It sucks!They should do something against YouTube...not the users.They're invading our lives,watch everything we look at...damn if some videos are that 'illegal' cause of copyright infrigements well then they just have to delete half of YouTube's content cuz they're all infrigements since Viacom owns most of the vidz in here.Same thing with movie trailers!It's because i watch the trailer that i actually go watch and the movie or buy it.They have free publicity!What are they complaining abou?
ILuvViacom Says:
Aug 25, 2008 - Yeah! Viacom is awesome!If you like Viacom, please add me as friend and leave a comment in my channel.
illustrationism Says:
Sep 3, 2008 - Hmm... It seems that a lot of people are MISINFORMED and GULLIBLE. Google (YouTube) is not going to give Viacom identifying information about viewers - ONLY INFORMATION ABOUT VIDEOS. Things like how many people viewed a video, when, and for how long. NOT ABOUT USER INFORMATION.VIACOM IS NOT GOING TO SUE YOU! Idiots...
ianislegend Says:
Sep 3, 2008 - true i just let people think what they want to, besides the judge declined letting viacom have the records anyway so this video is usless excpet to point out that youtube is still in a legal battle with viacom still
DrRicoWest Says:
Sep 14, 2008 - Youtube is our last means of free speech...the only form of free speech that they do not have control over, they want to censor people like the so called "conspiracy theorist" who are becoming THINKERS and not standing up for the bullshit they feed us on mainstream media.Pray that "We The People" can still have protection under the constitution, if youtube loses this case we will be severely brainwashed and the ones who speak out will be deemed "terrorist" and I quote "be dealt with properly"
ianislegend Says:
Jul 7, 2008 - problem is people a) people don't know how to do that and or b)people are to lazy to do that...