Viacom, YouTube mask in accordance with user data
YouTube allows users to mask important information from the file shows turn, Viacom, Google, said on Monday blog.
“Viacom and other parties to support him away from the demand for YouTube users: stories,” Google said in the statement. “We have an agreement on data anonymous.”
The representative of Viacom declined to comment.
This step is a federal court earlier this month ordered YouTube, Google hand over user names, IP addresses, and see stories Viacom, the parent company Comedy Central and MTV. This provoked a controversy about privacy on the Internet and Viacom at the defensive in nature.
Last year, Viacom accused YouTube to Google for violating its copyrights of $ 1 billion U.S. U.S. demand. Following the court decision, Viacom has been widely criticized invasion of the privacy of people online, although the company stated that it never asked, we get personal data.
At the moment, seems to agree, each winner. Viacom is, as responsible citizens on the Internet. Google, of course, be credited for protecting the rights of the Internet. Most importantly, YouTube users should not have to fear for their personal lives.
But it is certainly not the end of this case. Last weekend, two sources with knowledge of the negotiations between the company CNET News said that Google refused to provide information about Viacom, YouTube videos or employees have been loaded on the site.
Sources said that information could help prove that Viacom YouTube ignored piracy on its Web site. Google also may request that similar reports of the company Viacom. This could prove that, although lawyers asked Viacom YouTube remove the video, Viacom Marketing Manager in May, one of those that are published.
The case is not planning to go to court until next year at the earliest possible time.
Some of the most interesting legal debates on the left trying to move to Google depose two loud Viacom employees: Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report, and Jon Stewart “Daily Show.
adapted from http://news.cnet.com/
