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GOOGLE SPURNS NEW VIACOM DEMAND
Monday, July 14 2008

Google has refused to provide Viacom with information about whether YouTube employees have uploaded clips of Viacom-owned movies or television shows to the online video service, according to CNET News. Google has said that it agreed to turn over information about viewing activity to Viacom, provided that it could be "anonymalized." The website quoted sources as saying that if "Chad Hurley, one of YouTube's co-founders, uploaded a copyright video or viewed them, Viacom's lawyers believe they have a right to know about it." The British website ZDNet commented today (Monday), "For years, rumors have circulated in the technology sector that some YouTube employees salted the site, especially in its early days, by posting clips from popular TV shows in order to bring attention to the site. No evidence of this has ever surfaced."

GOOGLE WON'T FIGHT ORDER TO TURN OVER YOUTUBE RECORDS
Tuesday, July 8 2008
Google has no intention of challenging a judge's order that its YouTube unit turn over to Viacom information about users who viewed videos on the website. However, it said that it would attempt to keep the identity of the users anonymous, since, it said, "IP addresses and user names aren't necessary to determine general viewing practices." Google also assured YouTube users that "IP addresses identify a computer, not the person using it. It's not possible (more)

VIACOM TO GET A LOOK AT THE YOU IN YOUTUBE
Friday, July 4 2008
Viacom's efforts to keep its TV shows and movies off YouTube has resulted in a court ruling that could have profound implications for websites in general. Under the ruling the video website must turn over to Viacom the user names (but not the actual names) of every YouTube user, their IP addresses and a list of videos that each user has watched on YouTube. Under the ruling, the data would only be disclosed to Viacom (more)

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