YouTube Ordered to Give Complete User Logs to Viacom

Wants to prove more people watch The Daily Show than homemade cat videos

As part of its $1 billion lawsuit against user-video site YouTube, Viacom will receive a complete log of all users’ activities, which will include a list of usernames, IP addresses, and videos that each account has viewed in the past.

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so i could get sued for watching a tv show or music video or something?

What the ^*^$ thats unfair, theres probably like 500,0000,0000,000,00,0,0,0,0,0  you get the idea.  What are they going to do with people who downloaded stuff?  Still are?

so i could get sued for watching a tv show or music video or something?

I don't believe the lawsuit in question is going after people, but more after the person who has money: Google. By getting this information I believe they're hoping to prove that a lot of people are watching their programs enough to justify a lawsuit. Personally, I totally disagree with Google just giving away ALL users viewing information it's a huge privacy issue. They should only be giving away information that's relating to the lawsuit, e.g. Viacoms copyrighted material on their site.

I told you before, I need a gun....

Still looking for a liescene,  that's still mean.  Google maybe another Semi Gates but that don't mean that its encouraging people to watch it.  It just happens to be in the sever system.

Still looking for a liescene,  that's still mean.  Google maybe another Semi Gates but that don't mean that its encouraging people to watch it.  It just happens to be in the sever system.

Them having a copy of it on their server without permission makes it illegal. Them allowing people to access it only makes the situation worse.

True, but is that also for alot of other sites?

True, but is that also for alot of other sites?

Well, it's up to the copyright holder if they wish to enforce it.

Only they seem to care

Only they seem to care

Nah, a lot of companies tell YouTube to remove stuff. Only Viacom sues them. haha

Exatly, youtube is more of a promoter, to a degree.

Exactly- free publicity. I guess the problem here is the "free" portion...

So it seems but once its loaded its every where else too.

Still have a hard time believing this.

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Viacom doesn't want the names and IP addresses of YouTube users, and the company is trying to find a way to differentiate users without identifying them.

Last week, a judge ruled that Google had to release information on YouTube users to help determine whether the video-sharing site infringed on Viacom's copyrights. Viacom has said that its lawyers and advisers will guard the information they receive and will use it only for the court case.

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