Viacom in $1 bln copyright suit vs Google, YouTube

[Laura PourMeADrink]

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=internetNews&storyid=2007-03-13T131722Z_01_WEN5351_RTRUKOC_0_US-VIACOM-YOUTUBE.xml&src=rss&rpc=22

Viacom in $1 bln copyright suit vs Google, YouTube
Tue Mar 13, 2007 9:17am ET


NEW YORK (Reuters) - Media conglomerate Viacom Inc. said on Tuesday it filed a $1 billion lawsuit against Google Inc. and its Internet video sharing site YouTube over unauthorized use of its copyrighted entertainment.

The suit accuses Web search leader Google and YouTube of "massive intentional copyright infringement" of Viacom's entertainment assets and seeks an injunction against further violations.

Viacom contends that almost 160,000 unauthorized clips of its programming have been uploaded onto YouTube's site and viewed more than 1.5 billion times.

[Skink]

1. Google doesn't believe in Copyrights.

So there.

[DumpDavisHogg]

2. Aren't Viacom the idiots who ruined MTV?

Aren't they?

It seems like Viacom has ruined everything else it's touched too.

Viacom needs to shut up and go away.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

3. you mean like Real World instead of music?