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Poor YouTube... erm... Google
Viacom will sue YouTube for $1bn
Entertainment giant Viacom Media says it will sue web search engine Google and its video-sharing website YouTube for $1bn (£517m).
Viacom, which owns MTV and Nickelodeon, says YouTube uses its shows illegally.
Viacom alleges that about 160,000 unauthorised clips of its programmes have been loaded onto YouTube's site and viewed more than 1.5 billion times.
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Posted: 2007-03-14 17:06:56
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Good!!!
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Posted: 2007-03-14 17:44:24
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Heard about this one, this will be an interesting legal battle!
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Posted: 2007-03-14 17:49:05
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Ah, we all love Google really!
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Posted: 2007-03-14 17:52:43
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I prefer Altavista as you can search for MP3s
This would be a huge battle but they probably will just come to some agreement after all the false sabre-rattling has been finished.
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Posted: 2007-03-14 17:59:25
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Let the battle begin.
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Posted: 2007-03-14 18:02:08
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the thing is....
a lot of these were hosted before google owned youtube......
not 100% their fault..although they have failed to install some SW that doesnt allow copyrighted material to by uploaded....
i reckon google will win...
fatreg
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Posted: 2007-03-14 18:42:56
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well YouTube plays an active role in removing videos...
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Posted: 2007-03-14 19:06:04
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On 2007-03-14 19:06:04, amnesia wrote:
well YouTube plays an active role in removing videos...
Not active enough it seems.
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[ This Message was edited by: joebmc on 2007-03-20 17:12 ]
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Posted: 2007-03-14 21:10:55
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Residentevil Posts: > 500
Viacom was always a sore looser. See Howard Stern last year.
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Posted: 2007-03-17 04:46:37
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