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July 4, 2008

Get Those Summer Law Interns Ready!

2008_07_youtube.jpgA judge ruled Google must turn over the logins and IP address of everyone who has ever watched anything on Youtube to Viacom, which is suing Google over copyrighted clips appearing on YouTube. Privacy advocates are criticizing the decision, but Viacom claims it will only use the information for its case, "It will be handled subject to a court protective order and in a highly confidential manner." Google's lawyer said, "We are pleased the court put some limits on discovery, including refusing to allow Viacom to access users' private videos and our search technology...We will ask Viacom to respect users' privacy and allow us to anonymize the logs before producing them under the court's order." It is believed by some that "virtually every Internet user has visited YouTube."

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To hell with Viacom. I'm glad they wasted tens of millions on UPN and that the CW is on the verge of folding. I'm glad their movies generally bomb at the box office. I'm glad that Star Trek -- which was great in the beginning but which they milked for every penny -- has dried up as a cash cow for them. I've stopped watching TV Land because it has shifted from a varied 60s/70s/80s schedule to endless reruns of Andy Griffith interspersed with 90s sitcoms.

Memo to Viacom: I wouldn't watch your programming on TV, movie screen, YouTube or even if you tattoed it on my corneas.

 
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