BG45 Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 [url="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7488009.stm"]http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7488009.stm[/url] [quote]Google must divulge the viewing habits of[b] every user who has ever watched any video on YouTube[/b], a US court has ruled. The ruling comes as part of Google's legal battle with Viacom over allegations of copyright infringement. ... The viewing log, which will be handed to Viacom, contains the log-in ID of users, the computer IP address (online identifier) and video clip details.[/quote] Emphasis mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archaeology cat Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 That seems rather insane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG45 Posted July 3, 2008 Author Share Posted July 3, 2008 Just a bit. Makes me wonder, are they going to try to sue millions of people? Or are they just going to use the data to show how many copyrighted materials are viewed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archaeology cat Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 [quote name='BG45' post='1590097' date='Jul 3 2008, 05:24 PM']Just a bit. Makes me wonder, are they going to try to sue millions of people? Or are they just going to use the data to show how many copyrighted materials are viewed?[/quote] I was wondering that, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG45 Posted July 3, 2008 Author Share Posted July 3, 2008 The article says the latter, but I distrust mega-corps in general. ^^() Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mortify Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 (edited) yikes Edited July 3, 2008 by mortify Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paladin D Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 Just imagine the amount of paper they'll need for that report (unless they decide to make it purely digital). It would literally just be boxes and boxes full of stacked paper. I would hate to be the guy for Viacom who had to sort through all that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG45 Posted July 3, 2008 Author Share Posted July 3, 2008 (edited) Even digital form...12 terabytes of data isn't exactly small... I'd being going Edited July 3, 2008 by BG45 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paladin D Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 [quote name='BG45' post='1590144' date='Jul 3 2008, 02:13 PM']Even digital form...12 terabytes of data isn't exactly small... I'd being going [/quote] *Click click* *Information scrolls across screen* "I better get a raise for this!" - Unlucky Viacom Employee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paladin D Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 After reading this article through, it further proves that the idea of 'privacy' truely doesn't exist anymore. I applaud those who do their best to keep things private, but with how technology these days makes it so much easier to keep log and track your every click and move, it's nearly impossible. The only thing you can keep private, is your deepest thoughts that you keep only to yourself. Which is why I find it humoress that some punks think they can run and hide from the law, without getting caught. Only the few are able to do that, and usually they're either rich fat cats, extremely cunning, and/or plain lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG45 Posted July 3, 2008 Author Share Posted July 3, 2008 Or they commit really small crimes. Murder has the best clearance rate of any crime, and it's not too good. The thing is eventually getting caught. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesus_lol Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 agggh, corporate fascism and all that. well, if i was ever sued for looking at copyrighted material, i would bring a copy of the list showing how many other people in the courtroom, including the "sue-ers", have done the exact same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apotheoun Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 [quote name='Jesus_lol' post='1590202' date='Jul 3 2008, 11:50 AM']agggh, corporate fascism and all that. well, if i was ever sued for looking at copyrighted material, i would bring a copy of the list showing how many other people in the courtroom, including the "sue-ers", have done the exact same thing.[/quote] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG45 Posted July 3, 2008 Author Share Posted July 3, 2008 JL wins! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesus_lol Posted July 3, 2008 Share Posted July 3, 2008 [quote name='Jesus_lol' post='1590202' date='Jul 3 2008, 11:50 AM']agggh, corporate fascism and all that. well, if i was ever sued for looking at copyrighted material, i would bring a copy of the list showing how many other people in the courtroom, including the "sue-ers", have done the exact same thing.[/quote] [quote name='Apotheoun' post='1590205' date='Jul 3 2008, 11:53 AM'][/quote] [quote name='BG45' post='1590266' date='Jul 3 2008, 12:48 PM']JL wins! [/quote] judge - "well, uhhhh... in light of this unexpected ... er.. embarassing evidence, i move that this court adjourns for lunch... better make that indefinitely" "er... prosecution seconds the motion" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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