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Court orders YouTube to give Viacom video logs

By: halpen send a private message
Toronto : Canada | about 1 year ago  
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Dismissing privacy concerns, a federal judge overseeing a $1 billion copyright-infringement lawsuit against YouTube has ordered the popular online video-sharing service to disclose who watches which video clips and when.

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  • Blog Source: scandalmovies.blogspot.com
    We are asking Viacom to respect users' privacy and allow us to anonymize the logs before producing them under the court's order." Google did not say whether it would appeal the ruling or seek to narrow it. ...
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    In a statement, Google said it was “disappointed the court granted Viacom’s overreaching demand for viewing history. We are asking Viacom to respect users’ privacy and allow us to anonymize the logs before producing them under the ...
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    ) that Google will have to turn over every record of every video watched by YouTube users, including users... popular than user-created videos, which could be used to increase Google's liability if it is found
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    MTV and Paramount Pictures, alleged that YouTube, owned by Google, was guilty of copyright... page PDF) that YouTube/Google must provide Viacom with "all data from the Logging database
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