Comments for "YouTube Ordered to Give Complete User Logs to Viacom" Talk at VideoSift.com

By kronosposeidon

kronosposeidon (http://kronosposeidon.videosift.com) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:28:10 -0700

I've done my best to replace as many of my YouTube embeds as possible with ones from other hosts. Too many people are targeting YouTube right now. I suggest everyone replace as many of their YouTube embeds too so that you don't have more * dead videos to deal with in the future.

By Irishman

Irishman (http://www.videosift.com/member/Irishman) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:43:00 -0700

All your internet are belong to U.S.

By Irishman

Irishman (http://www.videosift.com/member/Irishman) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:46:08 -0700

In fact, maybe it's time for NO copyrighted stuff on youtube and on the sift, maybe it's time for only independent clips.

No TV stuff, no Holywood movie clips, just independent media under the creative commons licence.

Independent news, films, comedy, animation, games.

Let them keep their copyrighted ad-riddled dumbed-down crap for cable TV and watch them slowly die.

By MINK

MINK (http://www.videosift.com/member/MINK) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:39:32 -0700

^Double upvote, make an *illegal tag.

By maatc

maatc (http://maatc.videosift.com) — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:25:08 -0700

From YT Blog on July 14, 2008:
http://www.youtube.com/blog?entry=AnA3ulGpWsE

"As we let you know on July 4, YouTube received a court order to produce viewing history data. We are pleased to report that Viacom, MTV and other litigants have backed off their original demand for all users' viewing histories and we will not be providing that information. (Read the official legalese here.)

In addition, Viacom and the plaintiffs had originally demanded access to users' private videos, our search technology, and our video identification technology. Our lawyers strongly opposed each of those demands and the court sided with us.

We'll keep you informed of any important developments in this lawsuit. We remain committed to protecting your privacy and we'll continue to fight for your right to share and broadcast your work on YouTube.

Sincerely,
The YouTube Team"