This is not over, but it is a start. Keep up the fight until all our personal data has bee
This is not over, but it is a start. Keep up the fight until all our personal data has been removed.
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080709044510241
http://www.viacom.com/news/Pages/ViacomStatementonYouTubeDat a.aspx
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gDtgDuPzAWiBIDIH-azA9Wnh 1F_A
The news is just in, They revamped the ruling. Your voice was heard.
Tuesday, US District Court Judge Louis Stanton signed off on an agreement by all parties in the lawsuit to allow Google to remove the names and identifying computer numbers of YouTube users from information it will provide Viacom, according to court documents.
According to the agreement filed in New York federal court, the "defendants shall substitute values while preserving uniqueness for entries in the following fields: User ID, IP (Internet protocol) address and visitor ID."
YouTube is to assign each user a unique number so that individual viewing patterns can be determined without necessarily being able to figure out who viewers are.
As they say, we have won the battle, but not the war. Keep up the support for our privacy.
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Please check this video out as well. I will be doing a follow up video soon for more clarification on this subject.
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Viacom vs you. 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.
While the legal battle between the two firms is being contested in the US, it is thought the ruling will apply to YouTube users and their viewing habits everywhere.
Viacom, which owns MTV and Paramount Pictures, has alleged that YouTube is guilty of massive copyright infringement.
The UK's Premier League association is also seeking class action status with Viacom on the issue, alleging YouTube, which was bought by Google in 2006, has been used to watch football highlights.
Legal action
When it initiated legal action in March 2007 Viacom said it had identified about 160,000 unauthorised clips of its programmes on the website, which had been viewed more than 1.5 billion times.
Following the launch of its billion-dollar lawsuit, YouTube introduced filtering tools in an effort to prevent copyright materials from appearing on the site.
The US court declined Viacom's request that Google be forced to hand over the source code of YouTube, saying it was a "trade secret" that should not be disclosed.
But it said privacy concerns expressed by Google about handing over the log were "speculative".
Google's senior litigation counsel Catherine Lacavera said in a statement: "We are disappointed the court granted Viacom's over-reaching demand for viewing history.
"We will ask Viacom to respect users' privacy and allow us to anonymise the logs before producing them under the court's order."
The ruling will see the viewing habits of millions of YouTube users given to Viacom, totalling more than 12 terabytes of data.
Viacom said it wanted the data to "compare the attractiveness of allegedly infringing video with that of non-infringing videos."
YouTube and Google had "compelled" it to go to court, Viacom said, "by continuing to defend their illegal and irresponsible conduct and profiting from copyright infringement, when they could be implementing the safe and legal user generated content experience they promise".
It said it would not be asking for any "personally identifiable information" of any user.
"Any information that we or our outside advisors obtain will be used exclusively for the purpose of proving our case against You Tube and Google (and) will be handled subject to a court protective order and in a highly confidential manner."
'Erroneous ruling'
Leading privacy expert Simon Davies told BBC News that the privacy of millions of YouTube users was threatened.
He 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."
Mr Davies said privacy campaigners had warned Google for years that IP addresses were personally identifiable information.
Google pledged last year to anonymise IP addresses for search information but it has said nothing about YouTube data.
Mr Davies said: "Governments and organisations are realising that companies like Google have a warehouse full of data. And while that data is stored it is under threat of being used and putting privacy in danger."
The EFF said: "The Court's erroneous ruling is a set-back to privacy rights, and will allow Viacom to see what you are watching on YouTube.
"We urge Viacom to back off this overbroad request and Google to take all steps necessary to challenge this order and protect the rights of its users."
The body said the ruling was also potentially unlawful because the log data did contain personally identifiable data.
The court also ruled that Google disclose to Viacom the details of all videos that have been removed from the site for any reason.
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The Red Hot Chili Peppers want you to make the video for "Charlie" from their album STADIU
The Red Hot Chili Peppers want you to make the video for "Charlie" from their album STADIUM ARCADIUM. The winning video will be the official video for the song! If the band chooses your video, your work could be shown on TV and online around the world.
Prize: $5,000 and a trip to meet the band at their show in Paris.
Please visit http://warnerbrosrecords.com/rhcp for the official instructions and rules to the contest. You MUST submit your information at this site to qualify.
Here's what you need to do:
1. If you don't already own the album, get a copy from iTunes or Amazon or your favorite retailer.
2. Make a video using the entire song. It's all up to you and your creativity. (Please be sure to read the contest rules so you know what you can and cannot do.) http://warnerbrosrecords.com/rhcp
3. Join the Charlie Video Contest Group http://www.youtube.com/group/RHCPcontest and upload your video. Tag it with "RHCP contest" and "Charlie".
4. Fill out and submit the online entry form with your contact info (or else you will be disqualified.) http://warnerbrosrecords.com/rhcp
Contest runs March 5 to April 20 and is valid in several countries so make sure to read the rules for your territory.
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