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ViaCom ‘un dava ettiği YouTube artık tüm Youtube ziyaretcilerinin bilgilerini (kim hangi ip’den hangi video yu upload etmiş veya izlemiş) viacom a vermeyi kabul etti. Uluslararası Lisans hakları davasında viacom google’ı devirdi diyebiliriz. Artık tüm kopyalama ve dağıtım izni (copyright) olmadan yayınlanan youtube videolarının sorumlusu youtube.com olmayacak. do

There has been a lot of debate about the privacy of users data on many online sites and more recently users of YouTube have been worried about their personal data. Google was ordered by a court to turn over log files that show how users browse YouTube; this was because Viacom International wants to use this [...]

Qualche giorno fa Viacom ha ottenuto una importante vittoria giuridica contro YouTube, ottenendo di avere accesso ai dati degli utenti e i loro indirizzi IP. A poco sono valse le preoccupazioni e, in molti casi, la denuncia dei blogger, preoccupati per la

The video-sharing site’s users are calling for a boycott of the media giant following reports that it will view log data to prove its copyright case against Google. Viacom has reassured the YouTube community that it only wants YouTube viewer log data to prove its copyright case against Google, but the YouTube community hasn’t gotten the [...]

My longer post on how to protect yourself against Google is coming soon, but in the meantime here is another article about Google and privacy: Judge Louis L. Stanton, presiding over the federal court for the Southern District of New York, has ordered Google to give Viacom the IP addresses and other data about the users [...]

All those who are assailing Viacom, and the federal judge who ordered the release of 12 terabytes of data on the viewing habits of approximately 100 million users of YouTube (including IP address, login, usernames, videos watched), never point a middle finger at the real villain. Yeah, Viacom may be an asshole corporation, and the judge may be an ignorant toady, but the giant corporation whic

YouTube is an amazing site and one that has changed the way web users watch videos; people will now listen to music by playing different YouTube videos on their home computers and on the move via cell phones like the Apple iPhone. Today we hear that a U.S. judge has ordered Google Inc to hand over [...]

Viacom had better prove the importance of copyrighted content for YouTube users : the traditional media giant had its nextgen rival (now a Google brand) ordered by a NY judge to release user data, but at the bulk level. So no User-Generated Discontent ahead : John and Jane Doe shall remain anonymous criminals. And the blame (if any) on YouTube's broader shoulders. Or the shame on Viacom's, should

The courts have ruled that Google must turn over its YouTube data, including user IDs, IP Addresses, and millions of videos it has removed from the site. The ruling is part of Viacom's pending $1 billion copyright-infringement claim against Google.

Hace tiempo que Viacom viene acusando a YouTube de infringir su propiedad intelectual, al permitir la publicación de material que no les pertenece. Finalmente Viacom le ha dado un golpe al popular sitio de videos, ya que un juez ordenó que YouTube deberá entregar cada registro de cada video que los usuarios hayan visto, incluyendo [...]

Google has been ordered to turn over the viewing history of every YouTube user...to Viacom.This is an example of a formatted note note.As litigation continues in Viacom's $1 billion copyright infringement suit against Google, a judge has ordered (PDF) Google most turn over the usage histories of every YouTube user to Viacom. The usage logs contain each YouTube user's login ID, the IP address used

The ongoing Google/YouTube-Viacom litigation has now officially spilled over to users with a court order requiring Google to turn over massive amounts of user data to Viacom. That data includes every YouTube username, the associated IP address and the videos that user has watched on YouTube. Google will also be required to hand over copies of [...]

Fuck.... truly a bad fucking day for privacy. Google is ordered to hand over the data of users to lay out viewing patterns in order to show that the media clips produced by Viacom were watched more than those of amateurs. Lawyers for Google Inc., which owns YouTube, said producing 12 terabytes of data — equivalent to the text of roughly 12 million books — would be expensive, time-consuming an

Via Breibart Indian telecommunications and entertainment giant Reliance ADA Group is to invest between 500 and 600 million dollars in DreamWorks SKG to help the studio break away from Viacom, The... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Bangkok, May 6: Viacom 18, a 50:50 joint venture of Viacom and TV 18, is planning to launch a general entertainment channel 'Colors' in July."The launch of 'Colors' would make Viacom 18 one of the strongest entertainment Networks in India. Viacom 18 already have its TV and filmed entertainment offerings via MTV, Nick, VH1 and Studio18 and now it is entering into the Hindi entertainment package,"

He leído en Yahoo! News, que  nuevamente Viacom ha inciado otro juicio contra YouTube por daños y perjuicios por U.S.$ 1,000 millones, alegando que a través de YouTube se transmiten programas producidos por ellos y que están protegidos por Copyright, entre ellos progrmas de MTV y Comedy Central. El argumento de Viacom es que Google [...]

Via the AP, a reminder that Viacom and Google are still paying expensive attorneys to push paper back and forth in the YouTube lawsuit. Most recent update: Last month, Viacom reiterated claims that Google is violating its copyright; on Friday, Google said that it's not. Also, it says Viacom "threatens the way hundreds of millions of people legitimately exchange information, news, entertainmen

Marvel Entertainment (MVL) and Viacom (VIA), parent of Paramount, benefitted as "Iron Man" based on a Marvel comic book character brought in over $100 million.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

NEW YORK: Viacom Inc. says its first-quarter profit rose 33 percent on stronger results at its cable networks and the Paramount movie studio. Viacom said Friday it earned $270 million in the first three months of the year, up from $203 million in the same period a year ago. Per-share earnings rose to 42 cents versus 29 cents, or 44 cents excluding an investment write-down and restructuring charges. Analysts polled by Thomson Financial had forecast 41 cents a share. Revenues for the company headed by Sumner Redstone rose 15 percent to $3.12 billion from $2.72 billion. ap

Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA) posted earnings of $0.44 EPS on $3.12 Billion in revenues. First Call consensus estimates were $0.41 EPS and $2.97 Billion on revenues.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The torpedoes from Viacom (VIA) ran true and have hit CBS (CBS) right in the boiler room. One of Sumner Redstone's companies is out to get the other.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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Todos nós sabemos que a Microsoft está em busca de conteúdo digital para seu serviço de video no MSN e Xbox 360 Marketplace. Sendo assim, hoje em anúncio de ambos os lados, a empresa Microsoft entrou em acordo com a Viacom para prover a seus usuários conteúdos exclusivos como a MTV, BET e Paramount Pictures por cinco anos. O contrato está estimado em $500 milhões de dolares, dando a Microsoft o direito à distribuir alguns conteúdos exclusivos enquanto a Viacom ganha um empurrãozinho na parte de propaganda ajudando ainda mais a divulgar os produtos da própria empresa. Bom negócio para ambos os lados. Isto pode significar um aumento no mercado de video, sendo assim melhores serviços para os usuários do Xbox 360. acordo viacom microsoft, melhoramento no video xbox 360 xbox 360 video market placeShare This

El grupo de medios Viacom y el gigante informático estadounidense Microsoft anunciaron este miércoles en un comunicado que han suscrito un acuerdo de cinco años de duración, valorado en 500 millones de dólares, en materia de contenidos, distribución, publicidad y videojuegos.Al final de esta alianza, Microsoft divulgará en el portal 'web' MSN y en la videoconsola Xbox 360 programas televisados de las cadenas de cable de la red Viacom (como MTV o Comedy Central) y contenidos cinematográficos (Paramount Pictures). Los detalles financieros del acuerdo no se han revelado, pero ambos grupos valoraron la asociación en 500 millones de dólares.

Viacom (VIA) today reported revenues increased 24% to $3.27 billion in the third quarter of 2007.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Three days after Google released its copyright-filtering technology for YouTube, the major studios have announced an alliance and guidelines of their own. It’s all well and good, but things will remain in limbo until Google settles its copyright lawsuit with Viacom. Given that Google’s YouTube is the most popular viral video site on the Internet, the [...]

The MTV unit of Viacom (VIA), which makes up most of the revenue in its Media Networks operation,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

I see how Viacom has decided to remove Michelle Branch doing a nice song with Carlos Santana cos it was getting traffic on my web site.So I will try this oneAnd after the federal prosecutors in Los Angeles they are on my list.However, I do realize you little minded lawyers mostly likely went to school the same place..But just the same.........Let's all quit being assholes and be nice.P.S--bless them for in the end allowing my little web page to go on one more day. Thank you so very much.~Becky

24heures.ch C’est le grand amour entre Google et le géant des médias, Viacom. Mais oui, vous savez, MTV, c’est eux ! Et tout un tas de vidéos musicales (entre autres) qui vont avec. Ayant pris rendez-vous devant le juge, les deux mastodontes ont donc vérifier leurs agendas pour savoir quand le procès aurait lieu. Réponse : Pas avant un an, le temps d’éplucher les fichiers et monter un dossier en béton mais surtout le temps pour Google de mettre en place en septembre un système de filtrage plus performant qui accompagnera leur système d’anti-virus, pour endiguer une plaie qui sévit de plus en plus sur les vidéos Youtube, surtout quand on mate un bon Véronique Genest. Côté Youtube justement, on fait la fête puisqu’avec plus de 66% du marché des videos en ligne, les challengers habituels sont loin derrière : Yahoo, Dailymotion, MSN, Metacafe, Myspace (récemment)… Mais c’est surtout le moment pour les media moguls de se rendr

The story so far: Viacom, the owner of MTV and Comedy Central, sent a subpoena to the search giant, demanding to remove more than 100.000 clips from YouTube. The main reason?Viacom considered that Google receives praises and money for the content provided by other publishers. Of course Google agreed and started the huge removal. After only one week, Viacom went even further and filed a complaint against Google, suing the company for copyright infringement. Since the lawsuit was officially confirmed, the battle was continued by other elements concerning the two companies. For example, the YouTube users wanted to sue Viacom because some of their clips were removed in the huge deletion process started at the MTV owner's request.Today, a new important step is made by Google that decided to release a public response to comment on the lawsuits and the facts that caused the trouble. “By seeking to make carriers and hosting providers liable for internet communications, Viacom's complaint t

Viacom은 구글과 YouTube에 10억달러의 배상소송을 걸어서 화제를 일으켰다. 그후 News Corp., NBC Universal、AOL、MSN、MySpace、Yahoo!가 정식으로 동맹을 맺으면서 YouTube와 대항해 나섰다. 이 모든 것들이 피뜩 보기에는 구글에 절대적으로 불리해 보이지만 구글은 Viacom과 화해하려는 뜻이 없고 여전히 Viacom의 소송은 근거가 없는 것이라고 주장하고 있다. 또한 Viacom도 마찬가지로 화해하려는 뜻이 없다. GigaOM의 수치에 근거하면 Viacom은 2007년에 5억달러의 수익을 목표로 하고 있으며 2008년에는 6.85억 달러를 꿈꾸고 있다. 이 목표를 실현하려면 Viacom은 자기 산하의 많은 사이트들에 유력한 광고 제휴 파트너를 구해야만 가능하다. 하지만 Google이 불가능한 상황에서 Yahoo!를 선택할 수 밖에 없다.cnn보도에 의하면 Viacom은 오늘 정식으로 Yahoo!를 자기의 검색광고 제퓨파트

Aiming to put its search product in front of more Web users, Yahoo on Tuesday said it had signed a multi-year partnership with Viacom that would place its search on 33 sites initially, possibly... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Yahoo Inc. will be the exclusive provider of search ads at MTV.com, Nickelodeon.com and other sites run by entertainment company Viacom Inc. under a multiyear partnership announced Tuesday. The deal...

La organización Electronic Frontier Foundation presenta una demanda en contra de la gigante multinacional Viacom. Según la demanda, Viacom demandó la retirada de la película “Stop the Falsiness” de la web de vídeos YouTube. Viacom recientemente demandó la retirada de miles de vídeos de YouTube por presunta violación de derechos, y demandó a su propietaria, Google, por mil millones de dólares. El vídeo en cuestión fue creado por dos empresas de producción, MoveOn y Brave New Films, sin relación a Viacom. El vídeo fue puesto en YouTube en Agosto del 2006, y al parecer incluyen partes de un programa llamado “The Colbert Report” a la que Viacom tiene derechos. La demanda en cuestión reclama que dicho vídeo no viola ninguno de los derechos de Viacom, y pide compensación por haber pedido la retirada del vídeo. Compártelo

Resulta que lo que hasta ahora era una amenaza se ha materializado en demandas, y en parte tienen razón pero habrá que ver en qué queda todo esto. Bajo Viacom se encuentran auténticos monstruos de la producción  como son MTV, VH1 y Comedy Central, entre otros, y han decidido demandar a Google y YouTube por no impedir la difusión de sus contenidos de forma ilegal, ya que los particulares que suben los videos no tienen derechos sobre ellos. La demanda tiene cifras, y se habla de más de 150.000 clips subidos y disponibles durante más de un año sin derecho alguno sobre los mismos, con lo que se fija la demanda en la nada despreciable suma de mil millones de dólares...Viacom ha lanzado este órdago porque se encuentra en problemas, ya que precisamente los clips y episodios de las series que se cuelgan en YouTube van dirigidos a un público joven que es un usuario habitual de Internet.Por ello, este p&uacu

Por contenidos de YouTube Google no siente mayor preocupación ante la posibilidad de verse obligada a pagar mil millones de dólares a Viacom. Diario Ti: Google considera que el marco legal establecido por la ley estadounidense Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) le brinda la protección legal necesaria. DMCA establece limitaciones respecto de la responsabilidad de los proveedores de contenidos en Internet en casos de infracciones contra la propiedad intelectual. Con todo, las limitaciones están supeditadas a que el proveedor de contenidos rápidamente corrija las infracciones eliminando los contenidos, al recibir una queja del propietario legal de los mismos. Un abogado de Google comentó ante Reuters que una demanda similar acaecida en 2005 fue desestimada por los tribunales. El abogado recalcó que Google nunca lanzaría un producto ni compraría una empresa a menos que estuviera plena certeza de que existe la base legal para operar. Esta semana, la compañía Viacom dem

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) of 1998 is the legal standard defining U.S. copyright law on the Internet. It limits liability for firms that act quickly to block access to pirated materials once they are notified by copyright holders of specific infringement. Google will use the DMCA as its primary line of defense in the [...]

“Yeah, Viacom will end up with a billion bucks. Its stock price will go up temporarily, but will drop the next day as Viacom’s investors realizes that Viacom has just put itself into a box. One from which it will not escape.”

When Viacom sued Google for massive copyright infringement Mar. 13, there was an element of history repeating itself. In this instance it was Sumner Redstone’s Viacom and a cadre of lawyers going after a massively popular service—in this case Google’s YouTube Read on… Via: Businessweek.com

Ya estaba “cantando”… la Compañía de medios Viacom propietaria de la cadena MTV, y las productoras Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks entre otras, ha demandado al portal de videos Youtube.com por 1.000 millones de dólares por violaciones de derechos de autor. Hoy a través de un comunicado Viacom, hizo oficial la demanda , señalando que Youtube a vulnerado derechos de autor, por permitir que subieran a sus sitio alrededor de 160,000 video clips no autorizados de sus programas televisivos, los que fueron visualizados mas de 1.500 millones de veces, Viacom esta exigiendo una indemnización de 1.000 millones de dólares y un orden judicial que impida que se vuelvan a publicar más materia sin su autorización… Links: reuters Tags: viacom, youtube, demanda, copyright, derechos de autorTags: viacom, youtube, demanda, copyright, derechos de autorTags: viacom, youtube, demanda, copyright, derechos de autor

Queremos presentar el contenido íntegro de la notificación oficial de Viacom en su demanda en contra de Google y YouTube por mil millones de dólares por el uso sin permiso de casi 160,000 clips de vídeo que se han visto en la página de YouTube mas de mil quinientos millones de veces. “YouTube es una organización importante y lucrativa que ha creado un negocio al explotar la devoción que los fans tienen del trabajo creativo de otros para enriquecerse y a su compañía principal, Google. El modelo de negocios, basado en crear tráfico y vender publicidad con el contenido sin licencia, es claramente ilegal y está en obvio conflicto con las leyes de derechos de autores. De hecho, la estrategia de Google ha sido la de no tomar los pasos necesarios para parar las infracciones en su página web, y así generar un tráfico y beneficios significantes mientras que ha puesto la carga entera y alto coste de estar supervisando a YouTube a las víctimas. Este comportamiento contrasta

El grupo estadounidense de medios Viacom ha anunciado una demanda por 1.000 millones de dólares contra Google y su sitio de vídeos YouTube, por el uso no autorizado de material protegido por derechos de propiedad.La demanda, el mayor desafío hasta la fecha para las ambiciones de Google para transformar YouTube en un gran vehículo para la publicidad y el entretenimiento, acusa al líder de búsquedas en Internet y a su portal de vídeos de "violaciones intencionadas masivas de los derechos de propiedad".Viacom, propietaria entre otras marcas de MTV, Nickelodeon, Paramount y Dream Works, ha presentado la demanda en un tribunal del distrito sur de Nueva York y solicita más de mil millones de dólares por daños y un requerimiento judicial en contra de mayores violaciones.La empresa señala que se han subido a YouTube casi 160.000 vídeos no autorizados de sus programas, que han sido vistos más de 1.500 millones de veces."La estrategia de YouTube ha sido la de evitar tomar pasos proa

Just days after Google (GOOG, news, msgs) CEO Eric Schmidt said that media companies will have no choice but to work with online sites such as YouTube, the first of the big media companies has responded — with a $1 billion lawsuit. Media giant Viacom (VIA, news, msgs) is charging that the video-sharing site, now owned by Google, has shown 160,000 of its videos without permission. “Their 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,” Viacom said. Google spokesman Ricardo Reyes said in a statement that the company has “not received the lawsuit but (is) confident that YouTube has respected the legal rights of copyright holders and believe the courts will agree.” Reyes said the suit would not “become a distraction to the continuing growth and strong performance of YouTube.” What do you think? let me know in the comments.

Media giant Viacom Inc., who owns MTV, BET, VH1, and Nickelodeon among others, is suing YouTube and it’s parent company Google for $1 billion. Viacom claims that YouTube hosts over 160,000 unauthroized videos and clips from its networks. The lawsuit comes just a month after Viacom ordered YouTube to remove 100,000 other clips from their site (even one of my videos was removed). This lawsuit is the largest suit ever between a media company and YouTube. You can read more about the story over at Yahoo! News.

NEW YORK — 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. Read on… Via: Washingtonpost.com

WOW!  I know Google has money and it is obvious that they believe in YouTube or they wouldn’t have spent $1.6 billion for it, but I wonder if they are regreting the purchase now especially with a lawsuit from Viacom.  But, you had to see it coming as there are lots of copyright material on YouTube and Viacom did request that over 100,000 video clips that they claim were posted without their permission to be removed.  Click the link to the Associated Press article on the Viacom versus YouTube lawsuit.  Many Tech sites are reporting on this lawsuit today so check around and see what they have to say as well.   YouTube’s end game nears by ZDNet’s Larry Dignan — Viacom’s $1 billion lawsuit against Google’s YouTube kicks off what could be the end game for the video sharing site. Viacom filed a complaint in the Southern District of New York that alleges a “massive intentional copyright infringement of Viacom’s en

Viacom sues Youtube (google) for a whooping $1 BillionMTV network owners sued Youtube for the whooping $1 billion in damages for copyright infringement.Vaicom says it as a massive intentional copyright infringement .This claim has now further complicated the dispute between google and Viacom.Viacom has previously complained that Youtube users are uploading and viewing the video clips from the Viacom shows without permission .Last month Youtube removed around 100,000 clips regarding the same dispute of copyright violations.Viacom the owner of the Paramount studios and Nickelodeon claims thataround 160,000 unauthorized clips and videos from the Viacom has beenviewed around 1.5 billion times on Youtube.This report is first seen on Bloomberg.comSource here

Viacom's statement: "After a great deal of unproductive negotiation and remedial efforts by ourselves and other copyright holders, YouTube continues in its unlawful business model,'' (...) Therefore, we must turn to the courts.''Via Bloomberg.Tags: Youtube

Paul’s write-up of the Viacom / Youtube split doesn’t touch on trust issue between the customer and the distributor. Sure, people will surge to visit one of the Viacom properties such as Comedy Central, but after the novelty wears off will they stick around? Basking from the Digg effect traffic doesn’t equate to success. Sure the numbers look good initially, but there is still the trust and comfort issue. People are use to visiting G.B.S. (Google Broadcasting Service - logo needed). When folks tire of the flashy ads or non Flash 9 driven video formats guess where they’ll be heading. That’s right - back to Youtube or Google Video. Plus just as Yahoo has for so ignored the crowd not on the Windows platform lost valuable buzz so will MTV / Comedy Central. Here’s the deal Viacom. We, the end users, are in control now. Tags: G.B.S., GoogleBroadcastingService, Viacom, Youtube, KapustkaShare This

Viacom chairman Sumner Redstone has now confirmed that he would once again want to become friends with Tom Cruise. Viacom, which is owned by Paramount Pictures once had a fantastic working relationship with each other, but since Cruise, went into Scientology in a big way Viacom cut all ties with the Hollywood actor. Tom Cruise has now signed a deal with MGM but Redstone who has yet to speak directly to Cruise has said that he regrets the falling out and would love to resume the friendship

La compañía Viacom, propietarios de gigantes como Spike y MTV, anunciará hoy que ha llegado a un acuerdo en el cual Joost pueda distribuir su contenido bajo licencia. La noticia, publicada en el Wall Street Journal,llega después de la reciente disputa entre YouTube y Viacom cuando la empresa de Google se vio obligada a retirar más de 100,000 videos por violación de derechos. Aunque Joost no es disponible para el público, ha lanzado un beta por invitación solamente, y han terminado una versión reciente par la Mac-Intel. Joost es una creación de los empresarios que empezaron Kazaa y Skype, Niklas Zennstrm and Janus Friis.

Google told to remove over 100,000 Viacom clips from YouTube.Media conglomerate Viacom International today upbraided YouTube for continuing to host throngs of Viacom videos without permission and demanded that over 100,000 of its clips be removed from the popular video-sharing site owned by Google.Viacom, whose properties include Comedy Central, MTV, Nick at Nite, Nickelodeon, Paramount Pictures, and VH1, ran out of patience after months of discussions with Google and YouTube, the company said in a statement.This could mean the end of second-day looks at comedy clips from The Colbert Report and The Daily Show With Jon Stewart."It has become clear that YouTube is unwilling to come to a fair market agreement that would make Viacom content available to YouTube users," the statement reads.YouTube and Google have failed to deliver efficient filtering tools, so that "vast amounts" of unauthorized Viacom video exist on the video-sharing site, the company said.YouTube acknowledged receiving a

Viacom wants YouTube to take down some of the entertainment company's intellectual property. The stuff it copyrights. Things like the Stephen Colbert show. Hard to sell them in re-runs when they are available on the web for free. So, the dance between Google, the new owner of YouTube, and the big content companies continues. The maneuvering for earning money off video on the web is just beginning. But, YouTube would be making a mistake to assume that the Time Warners and Viacoms of the world need it. They have set up websites of their own. YouTube videos of their content draws away audiences that might go to those sites and watch video ads or click on banners. A lot of $$$ are involved. And, copyright infringement can be an ugly business. Google may have bitten off more than it can chew. Douglas A. McIntyre can be reached at douglasamcintyre@247wallst.com. He does not own securities in companies that he writes about.

Oh my friends......It has started already. As PRTG predicated earlier this week about the downfall of YouTube, here is what I read on CNET this morning: Entertainment conglomerate Viacom has demanded that YouTube and Google Video remove more than 100,000 unauthorized clips of its video content, the company said in a statement Friday. Viacom, the parent company of cable shows such as Comedy

YouTube is accused by Viacom, which owns the popular channels MTV and Nickelodeon, to have stolen shows illegally. According to Viacom, YouTube has about 160,000 video clips of its shows and is viewed more than 1.5 billion times. Google confidently says that it has respected the legal right of the copyright owners. There is no question that YouTube and Google are continuing to take the fruit of our efforts without permission Says Viacom “YouTube’s strategy has been to avoid taking proactive steps to curtail the infringement on its site,” said Viacom in a statement. (more…)

YouTube is accused by Viacom, which owns the popular channels MTV and Nickelodeon, to have stolen shows illegally. According to Viacom, YouTube has about 160,000 video clips of its shows and is viewed more than 1.5 billion times. Google confidently says that it has respected the legal right of the copyright owners. There is no question that YouTube and Google are continuing to take the fruit of our efforts without permission Says Viacom “YouTube’s strategy has been to avoid taking proactive steps to curtail the infringement on its site,” said Viacom in a statement. (more…)

Viacom has “backed off” from demands to divulge the viewing habits of every user who has ever watched a video on YouTube, the website has claimed. Google had been ordered to provide personal details of millions of YouTube users to help Viacom prepare its case on alleged copyright infringement. Google, owners of YouTube, will now hand [...]

Posted under {Tech/News} by dirmanager .According to our Google/Viacom scoreboard, the Big G beat the Big V 3-2 in court earlier this month, but that still meant Google had to turn over a 12TB database of every YouTube video ever watched—complete with user IDs and IP addresses