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Judge orders Youtube to give user histories to Viacom

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  • Regina FongRegina Fong Allons-y, Alonso Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    wazilla wrote: »
    jeepguy wrote: »
    wazilla wrote: »
    I was unaware we were looking for things not posted by record companies...


    True, that was never stated. But when the company who has every right to post the video is the one who does it, I would call that "user created content". In this instance, the record company is using youtube to promote their artist, and they have the rights to the property to do so.

    Well the Timbaland video posted by 1988basti has 60million views... and I have no idea who that is.

    I'm skeptical, I mean, youtube is pretty damn quick to pull a video as soon as a complaint is made. That one has been up for a year. Either the party owning the rights doesn't mind, or they are allowing it (it *is* promotion and many artists fully understand that this exposure can make them money).

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    What could he have been thinking of when he shot his best friend? What in God's name can he be thinking of now?
  • wazillawazilla Having a late dinner Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    This just makes me think that Google should drop all Viacom copyrighted works form youtube and google video and tell them to fuck themselves.

    Edit: and now to watch Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend.

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  • TL DRTL DR Not at all confident in his reflexive opinions of thingsRegistered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Has Bollywood weighed in?

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZA1NoOOoaNw

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  • MedopineMedopine __BANNED USERS regular
    edited July 2008
    Oh my god

    the lols


    they hurt me

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  • Regina FongRegina Fong Allons-y, Alonso Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Hurt and Burn wrote: »
    Has Bollywood weighed in?

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZA1NoOOoaNw



    :rotate:

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  • ShadeShade Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    jeepguy wrote: »
    Hurt and Burn wrote: »
    Has Bollywood weighed in?

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZA1NoOOoaNw



    :rotate:

    awesome! take that viacom!

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  • Just_Bri_ThanksJust_Bri_Thanks Seething with rage from a handbasket.Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited July 2008
    On the original topic, Groklaw has an article about this google/Viacom thing.

    http://www.groklaw.net/

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  • emnmnmeemnmnme Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Does something like this fall into parody territory? Can Viacom touch this sort of thing?

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=yR2jjFB_qnc&feature=related

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  • ArrathArrath Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    God thats awesome.

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  • Seaborn111Seaborn111 Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    has anyone thought about the fact that viacom could use this data to also farm a MASSIVE amount of marketing data? like, horrendous amounts?

    wtf, judge. wtf.

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  • LadyMLadyM Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Does YouTube have any way to track people who watch clips but DON'T have a YouTube account? Because, uh, if not then Viacom wouldn't be getting an accurate headcount anyway. Not that they need ISPs for a headcount anyway.

    Bah, the whole thing is idiotic. WTF indeed.

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  • TL DRTL DR Not at all confident in his reflexive opinions of thingsRegistered User regular
    edited July 2008
    LadyM wrote: »
    Does YouTube have any way to track people who watch clips but DON'T have a YouTube account? Because, uh, if not then Viacom wouldn't be getting an accurate headcount anyway. Not that they need ISPs for a headcount anyway.

    Bah, the whole thing is idiotic. WTF indeed.

    The specifics are listed earlier in the thread. Google has been ordered to hand over both the user names and IP addresses. So if you logged onto your Youtube account at a coffee shop or library, that information could very well be on its way to Viacom.

    Why did I ever patronize that terrorism training facility/sex shop/internet cafe?

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