www.youtube.com digg.com Please digg to help support this video The Judge” Judge Louis L Stanton Daniel Patrick Moynihan Courthouse United States Courthouse 500 Pearl St., Room 2250 New York, NY10007 Phones (212) 805-0252 Faxes (212) 805-0389 Online Petition: www.petitiononline.com Viacom 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. 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. Following the launch of its billion-dollar lawsuit, YouTube 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 … Great video bring with hitvideo.org








11:42 pm on April 16th, 2010
Good analogy for the clicking- You walk into Target to buy a shirt and you find some of the employees filming a underage sex scene. You just viewed child pornography which is a crime- should you be prosecuted for it? NO and no one would even think of it. But if you click on a link that has a copyrighted song or video in it you are supposed to be guilty even if YouTube provided the content? Unfortunately corporations control the U.S. not We the People. U & I are guilty of letting it happen.
12:27 am on April 17th, 2010
yes. Viacom even owns cinemacs, hbo, you know the channels w/ smut on it even though children are still up. Hell they even own BET(which I call black exploitation channel. Its not just about privacy these greedy bastards just buy up everything they can.
1:23 am on April 17th, 2010
How are we supposed to fight this thing? What can we do back against Viacom?
2:06 am on April 17th, 2010
does viacom own “invader zim”?
2:15 am on April 17th, 2010
actually viacom asked youtube to delete the copywritted materials that they themselves submitted on it so as far as i’m concerned, youtube should sue them
2:29 am on April 17th, 2010
FUCK VIACOM!!!!
2:55 am on April 17th, 2010
@Wobuffet3 protest!!!!
3:41 am on April 17th, 2010
im struck speechless .its not hard enough for us to keep are government in check ,now we have to tend with corporations that want to turn this (for lack of words)a police state.when does the hurting stop?
4:35 am on April 17th, 2010
Behind you all the way!
4:38 am on April 17th, 2010
we should protest.
5:37 am on April 17th, 2010
fart
6:23 am on April 17th, 2010
I-I-I-I I WONT LET THIS HAPPEN! Come on! I might click on a video that has material by VIAVOM vithout knowing!! I dont even share my first name over the internet, let alone what im watching!! Sheesh!! I WONT LET MY PRIVACY TO BE INVADED VIACOM!
6:36 am on April 17th, 2010
So, they can look through our viewing history and ban our accounts? Thats like being in a shop, a fight breaks out and you get told off for cheering even if you didn’t
6:55 am on April 17th, 2010
Viacom, I want my privacy, so lay off my personal info. I might sue you for every thing you got. (Including your clothes) And the things will go to the victims of Viacom
7:17 am on April 17th, 2010
Oh no, Viacom will not enter into people’s homes. I think they’ll get shot.
7:50 am on April 17th, 2010
copy and paste this on every popular video TAKE DOWN VIACOM
8:05 am on April 17th, 2010
what viacom is doing is unethical wrong and unjustified not only am i boycotting them and am filing a law suit thats right i what viacom of youtube because the law is very strict about websites spamming other websites when viacom intentionally removes an uncopyrighted video that is let me stress it ILLEGAL and now to make things work youtube is doing the same thing
8:57 am on April 17th, 2010
viacom is a bully
9:12 am on April 17th, 2010
copy and paste this on every popular video TAKE DOWN VIACOM
9:30 am on April 17th, 2010
copy and paste this on every popular video TAKE DOWN VIACOM-thecjoey
10:18 am on April 17th, 2010
viacom = few k ppl
youtube users = few HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE
GL FUCKERS
10:51 am on April 17th, 2010
Hey Viacom! If you can see this … GET OUT OF MY PRIVATE SPACE YOU JERKS.
11:49 am on April 17th, 2010
I want to personally strangle everyone of fagocom’s executives.
12:37 pm on April 17th, 2010
VIACOM took my video off as well
1:08 pm on April 17th, 2010
Viacom tried to get this video taken down. WHAT? THE? FUCK?