R.I.P. Youtube, Google is giving everyone data to their arch-nemesis Viacom

It's all over the news.

12 TeraBytes of data with IP address supposly.

http://news.google.com/?ned=us&ncl=1225624464&hl=en&topic=t

Link?famicommander

Here is one

Link?famicommander

Unfortunately, it's true.

In reading news articles on the matter, it looks like they're not interested in specific users or anything (i.e., they're not gonna sue some guy who was found to have watched a Daily Show clip), but rather they want to answer the question of whether Google is purposely avoiding removing copyrighted material because having it there generates advertising revenue.

Still, that's an awful lot of personal data to be handing over (and quite frankly I'm a little surprised that Google tracks every single video that every single IP address has watched, too).

Google should give them all the logs printed on recycled toilet papers if really forced to.

In reading news articles on the matter, it looks like they're not interested in specific users or anything (i.e., they're not gonna sue some guy who was found to have watched a Daily Show clip), but rather they want to answer the question of whether Google is purposely avoiding removing copyrighted material because having it there generates advertising revenue.

Still, that's an awful lot of personal data to be handing over (and quite frankly I'm a little surprised that Google tracks every single video that every single IP address has watched, too).

GabuEx

It isn't illegal to watch copyrighted material on a stream anyway, so they couldn't do anything even if they wanted to. It's not illegal for a multitude of reasons. First the user assumes that whatever content they watch on a legal website must also be legal. Second, you are not actually making a copy of it. The people providing the material are breaking the law, but the people watching it are not. Third, the user cannot be held responsible for knowing the copyright status for every single thing on the internet.famicommander

Oh, is that right? I'm not up on my copyright law, so I don't really know much on this subject.

This is stupid...they should just leave Google alone. I bet google and Youtube Have done more good for humanity than the companies that may have had copyrighted material on those Website.hoola

This is stupid...they should just leave Google alone. I bet google and Youtube Have done more good for humanity than the companies that may have had copyrighted material on those Website.hoola

Google: maybe.

Youtube: no.

So if i have music videos on my youtube channel that i uploaded, can i be charged or taken to court?
Also, will we have to pay to watch certain videos if they are copyrighted or something?
This stuff is sort of confusing me :?joshrocks2245

They shouldn't get anything for this BS. They knowingly sat there allowing youtube to have this content on there untill low and behold a company with deep pockets takes over and suddenly it is an issue.

I wouldn't give them anything for not acting sooner. It was well known this stuff was on youtube before it got taken over and they didn't have a problem with it then.

You can't just ignore a crime and THEN complain about it when you have a way to make money from it.....

I no longer trust google. :(Apocalypse97

How is it Google's fault?

does viacom realize youtube isn't the only site with copyright infringing videos on it?rockon1215

Yeah, exactly. Why aren't they bothering any of the other video hosting sites? Anyway, I'm not happy about some giant getting my info.

[QUOTE="rockon1215"]does viacom realize youtube isn't the only site with copyright infringing videos on it?tsduv21

Yeah, exactly. Why aren't they bothering any of the other video hosting sites? Anyway, I'm not happy about some giant getting my info.

[QUOTE="famicommander"]Link?GabuEx

Unfortunately, it's true.

Why did the judge allow the disclosure of users IP address and account info?
How is that relevant to discovering the amount of times a video has been watched?

I think I'm going to close my account...

[QUOTE="famicommander"]Link?GabuEx

Unfortunately, it's true.

Well, this sucks. And unfortunately, there's not much we can really do against it. Anybody have any ideas? Striking won't work, so that's eliminated.

[QUOTE="GabuEx"]

[QUOTE="famicommander"]Link?Video_Game_King

Unfortunately, it's true.

Well, this sucks. And unfortunately, there's not much we can really do against it. Anybody have any ideas? Striking won't work, so that's eliminated.

[QUOTE="GabuEx"]

[QUOTE="famicommander"]Link?Video_Game_King

Unfortunately, it's true.

Well, this sucks. And unfortunately, there's not much we can really do against it. Anybody have any ideas? Striking won't work, so that's eliminated.

[QUOTE="Video_Game_King"][QUOTE="GabuEx"]

[QUOTE="famicommander"]Link?suicidalpoptrt

Unfortunately, it's true.

Well, this sucks. And unfortunately, there's not much we can really do against it. Anybody have any ideas? Striking won't work, so that's eliminated.

Violence never really helps you. If anything, it hurts you. History has proven this a crapload of times.

[QUOTE="suicidalpoptrt"][QUOTE="Video_Game_King"][QUOTE="GabuEx"]

[QUOTE="famicommander"]Link?Video_Game_King

Unfortunately, it's true.

Well, this sucks. And unfortunately, there's not much we can really do against it. Anybody have any ideas? Striking won't work, so that's eliminated.

Violence never really helps you. If anything, it hurts you. History has proven this a crapload of times.

Jokes aside, I think it would be a good idea to watch this matter closely and see if they if they break the law in any way(most likely for privacy issues)suicidalpoptrt

Courts interpret the law, meaning they can essentially define what the hell is legal. Don't see how we can call them out for being illegal, anyway.

[QUOTE="suicidalpoptrt"]Jokes aside, I think it would be a good idea to watch this matter closely and see if they if they break the law in any way(most likely for privacy issues)Video_Game_King

Courts interpret the law, meaning they can essentially define what the hell is legal. Don't see how we can call them out for being illegal, anyway.