07/03/2008
In Google vs. Viacom, the big loser is...
...anyone who's ever watched a video on YouTube.
Tuesday's Federal court ruling orders Google to turn over complete viewer records in response to Viacom's legal fishing expedition.
From ZDNet:
The latest battle in Google's ongoing court battle with Viacom over YouTube copyright infringement is a glass half full or half empty situation. In the half full department, Google scored a legal victory as a judge shot down Viacom requests for the search giant's search code and other critical intellectual property. In the half empty department, Google is being forced to turn over YouTube user histories to Viacom.