Google must reveal YouTube users' habits and logs
- added July 3, 2008
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- merasyad
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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.
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. The court also ruled that Google disclose to Viacom the details of all videos that have been removed from the site for any reason.
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, alledging YouTube, which was bought by Google in 2006, has been used to watch football highlights.
The ruling comes as part of Google's legal battle with Viacom over allegations of copyright infringement.
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. The court also ruled that Google disclose to Viacom the details of all videos that have been removed from the site for any reason.
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, alledging YouTube, which was bought by Google in 2006, has been used to watch football highlights.
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Football highlights??!! *falls over laughing*
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that is a massive amount of data... i wonder what viacom wants to do with it.
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Hi Merasyad, you and J. Jammer got the same post. I think you guys should consolidate it in one post. It is good info anyways. Thanks! :)
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informative >
thanx alot-
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- journalist_pal
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Thank you for posting this article.
There is a beautifully crafted East German film called "The Lives of Others" - the Stazi spying on and controlling citizens. It is poignant, and relative to the world governments and corporations spying on all people today.....
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