Google Demand personal details of YouTube users to Viacom

**Real_Light** · 06-07-08, 10:36 PM

Google was ordered to hand over the personal details of anyone who has ever watched a YouTube video

The ruling - which has massive privacy implications for millions of internet users - was made as part of the search engine's legal battle with content provider Viacom over allegations of copyright infringement

Under the ruling, Google, which bought YouTube for $1.65 billion (£820 million) in 2006, must hand over to Viacom its viewing log - which includes users' log-in information and their IP address, the code that identifies their computer

Google must hand over the viewing details of every single person who has watched a video on its website YouTube

Although the case is being contested in the U.S., legal experts warned last night that the ruling would almost certainly apply to YouTube users worldwide, including those in the UK. The Electronic Frontier Foundation, an internet freedom campaign group, described the judgment as a ' setback' to online privacy rights

Viacom, which owns MTV and Paramount Pictures, has alleged that YouTube has done 'little or nothing' to stem the flow of copyrighted material on its site

The company said it had identified more than 150,000 unauthorised clips of its content that had been uploaded

In one case, the Al Gore documentary An Inconvenient Truth had been viewed 1.5 billion times

However, Google claims its safeguards already exceed its legal obligations in helping content owners protect their works and says Viacom's lawsuit is a threat to internet freedom

The search engine said it abides by the rules of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which states that as long as sites such as YouTube remove copyright content as soon as it is brought to their attention, they are protected by law from prosecution. Last night, a spokesman for Viacom tried to play down fears that individual YouTube users would be prosecuted

'Only our legal team has access to the data,' he said. 'We are not going to use it to go after individual users

However, the U.S. district court in New York declined Viacom's request that Google be forced to hand over the source code of YouTube - details of how the site works - saying it is a trade secret

Catherine Lacavera, Google's senior litigation counsel, said: 'We will ask Viacom to respect users' privacy and allow us to anonymise the logs before producing them under the court's order

Simon Davies, a British privacy expert, said: 'The chickens have come home to roost for Google

'Their arrogance and refusal to listen to friendly advice has resulted in the privacy of tens of millions being placed under threat

06-07-08, 10:36 PM	#1
Real_Light Senior Member تاریخ شمولیت: Apr 2008 مقام: Islamic Republic of Pakistan مراسلات: 3,203 کمائي: 17,188 شکریہ: 3,117 988 مراسلہ میں 1,963 بارشکریہ ادا کیا گیا	Google Demand personal details of YouTube users to Viacom Google Demand personal details of YouTube users to Viacom Google was ordered to hand over the personal details of anyone who has ever watched a YouTube video The ruling - which has massive privacy implications for millions of internet users - was made as part of the search engine's legal battle with content provider Viacom over allegations of copyright infringement Under the ruling, Google, which bought YouTube for $1.65 billion (£820 million) in 2006, must hand over to Viacom its viewing log - which includes users' log-in information and their IP address, the code that identifies their computer Google must hand over the viewing details of every single person who has watched a video on its website YouTube Although the case is being contested in the U.S., legal experts warned last night that the ruling would almost certainly apply to YouTube users worldwide, including those in the UK. The Electronic Frontier Foundation, an internet freedom campaign group, described the judgment as a ' setback' to online privacy rights Viacom, which owns MTV and Paramount Pictures, has alleged that YouTube has done 'little or nothing' to stem the flow of copyrighted material on its site The company said it had identified more than 150,000 unauthorised clips of its content that had been uploaded In one case, the Al Gore documentary An Inconvenient Truth had been viewed 1.5 billion times However, Google claims its safeguards already exceed its legal obligations in helping content owners protect their works and says Viacom's lawsuit is a threat to internet freedom The search engine said it abides by the rules of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which states that as long as sites such as YouTube remove copyright content as soon as it is brought to their attention, they are protected by law from prosecution. Last night, a spokesman for Viacom tried to play down fears that individual YouTube users would be prosecuted 'Only our legal team has access to the data,' he said. 'We are not going to use it to go after individual users However, the U.S. district court in New York declined Viacom's request that Google be forced to hand over the source code of YouTube - details of how the site works - saying it is a trade secret Catherine Lacavera, Google's senior litigation counsel, said: 'We will ask Viacom to respect users' privacy and allow us to anonymise the logs before producing them under the court's order Simon Davies, a British privacy expert, said: 'The chickens have come home to roost for Google 'Their arrogance and refusal to listen to friendly advice has resulted in the privacy of tens of millions being placed under threat Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter Facebook! __________________ پھوٹا تھا جو کبھی کسی نیزے کی نوک سے،ہر عہد پر محیط وہی انقلاب ہے ہر دَور میں‌حُسین ع نے ثابت یہ کر دیا،ہر دور کےیزید کا خانہ خراب ہے

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