[justinefremlouw]

A U.S. district judge has ordered Google, the Search Engine, to release information about users that use their YouTube service. The major entertainment corporation Viacom won the legal battle against Google, resulting in access for Viacom to information about YouTube users and their “tubing” behavior, i.e. which videos they watch on the YouTube site. The verdict will also give Viacom access to the login-names and IP-addresses of the YouTube users, even though Viacom says that they will not use the information to frame individuals. Viacom may instead use the information in a potential billion dollar copyright lawsuit against Google. Google, the owners of YouTube, defend themselves by stating that they are not liable for the video snippets uploaded by their users, and that there is a U.S. law from 1998 backing them up on that fact. Google does not, however, see the verdict as a total defeat, as Viacom had also demanded access to their YouTube search source code. As if this was not enough, Viacom also requested total access to all YouTube video snippets that are stored by the users in their private locations at YouTube. This request was denied by the judge. According to the judge, it will still be relatively “difficult” for Viacom to identify individuals using only their login names and IP addresses. The Verdict could be regarded as a severe setback when it comes to user privacy, but sadly it’s becoming reality, sprung from the Land Of The Free. Happy Independence Day!

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so, folks who watch or upload anime on youtube, you better find some other site to go to XD

[kpoeira]

lolz poor ppl, i used to watch anime from youtube since my connection was crappy, i feel pity for those who are the same as me back there....

[justinefremlouw]

i did too, then switched to veoh cauz they have much better quality, then stage 6 (which is now shut down)...nowadays, i dl everything i watch XD

[Misuzu]

lol i totally cant switch to veoh because they blocked brazil. :P

[justinefremlouw]

really? can't u use a proxy site? XD another good site is crunchyroll but they dont host licensed anime and you have to register first...

[alphascan718]

there's also onemoreanime.com
Oh and what the crap their just jealous because google won the bid for youtube

[justinefremlouw]

they're not jealous, their company is still hurt by people uploading copyrighted stuff into youtube

[jtqh1992]

still, copyrighted or not, its impossible to monitor and look through every single video posted by every single person to check if this or that is copyrighted. the only method would be to do a search and remove related videos > > just like veoh

[TheDefend]

veoh block indonesia... youtube is their next step?? F-Off Viacom

[Stingy]

Quote: Originally Posted by justinefremlouw

so, folks who watch or upload anime on youtube, you better find some other site to go to XD

not really, Viacom can not do anything unless they own said property

[Licky]

gah i have a an account on youtube, oh well I'll have to change site

[saufi89]

yeah....back then i enjoy watching anime at youtube...
then i used to download anime at veoh..(my country is also blocked.. MALAYSIA

then...i dont have any opt but reading manga...due to really slow connection..

[Shamisen]

watching anime on youtube is what made me start watching fansubs instead of the stuff that was available on tv like dbz -.-

[justinefremlouw]

Quote: Originally Posted by Stingy

not really, Viacom can not do anything unless they own said property

you're right, but who's really gonna check who licensed the anime before they watch it on youtube?...ow well, i just dl them so dont matter to me

[Chiaki]

my country cant use VEOH T^T