mgh48
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Post by mgh48 on Jul 4, 2008 1:17:05 GMT -5
According to the BBC, Google has been ordered by a Federal Judge to release to ViaCom the personal information of any and everyone who has ever seen a YouTube video.
Google has said: their first duty is to obey the order, but they are trying to get ViaCom to allow them to make all data anonymous.
They claim they will do everything they can to protect the identities of their users.
The news just keeps getting better and better.
Geoff
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carld2
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Post by carld2 on Jul 4, 2008 3:54:38 GMT -5
I think the whole thing is sad. Youtube is a way for people to see so many different types of moments. Some people start watching shows, become big fans of shows, spent money on shows, all because of what they find on Youtube.
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Post by babylondancer on Jul 4, 2008 5:34:26 GMT -5
Watching videos on youtube isn't illegal at all. So I don't think that a german provider would give the information about the person behind the IP adress because they only have to do it if a crime is involved. (I don't know about the law in other countries though)
Anyway, to get the person behind a german IP adress you have to go through german DEA, and in my home town they don't even give away the names of people who d/l music. They argue that the crime of a 14-year-old d/l some music clips isn't worse the time and money of the DEA.
It might be different for those who uploaded videos on youtube. But I guess they first have to prove that the upload was illegal before they can get an ip adresse.
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Post by calaeb on Jul 4, 2008 8:47:28 GMT -5
I bet Google/Youtube will appeal the decision - if nothing else then to show it's users it's trying to protect their privacy...
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