Inventive Software
3rd July 2008, 22:41
Google must divulge the viewing habits of every user who has ever watched any video on YouTube, a US court has ruled.
The ruling comes as part of Google's legal battle with Viacom over allegations of copyright infringement.
Digital rights group the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) called the ruling a "set-back to privacy rights".
The viewing log, which will be handed to Viacom, contains the log-in ID of users, the computer IP address (online identifier) and video clip details.
Full article courtesy of the BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7488009.stm
What the hell does Viacom think they're doing? There's one thing protecting copyright, another to basically peer over the world's Youtube viewing habits.
I knew it'd be big, but they've outstretched themselves here I think:
The ruling will see the viewing habits of millions of YouTube users given to Viacom, totalling more than 12 terabytes of data.
The ruling comes as part of Google's legal battle with Viacom over allegations of copyright infringement.
Digital rights group the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) called the ruling a "set-back to privacy rights".
The viewing log, which will be handed to Viacom, contains the log-in ID of users, the computer IP address (online identifier) and video clip details.
Full article courtesy of the BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7488009.stm
What the hell does Viacom think they're doing? There's one thing protecting copyright, another to basically peer over the world's Youtube viewing habits.
I knew it'd be big, but they've outstretched themselves here I think:
The ruling will see the viewing habits of millions of YouTube users given to Viacom, totalling more than 12 terabytes of data.