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Please check this video out as well. I will be doing a follow up video soon for more clarification on this subject.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQmyGrDIW5k
Viacom vs you. Google must divulge the viewing habits of every user who has ever watched any video on YouTube, a US court has ruled.
The ruling comes as part of Google's legal battle with Viacom over allegations of copyright infringement.
Digital rights group the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) called the ruling a "set-back to privacy rights".
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.
While the legal battle between the two firms is being contested in the US, it is thought the ruling will apply to YouTube users and their viewing habits everywhere.
Viacom, which owns MTV and Paramount Pictures, has alleged that YouTube is guilty of massive copyright infringement.
The UK's Premier League association is also seeking class action status with Viacom on the issue, alleging YouTube, which was bought by Google in 2006, has been used to watch football highlights.
Legal action
When it initiated legal action in March 2007 Viacom said it had identified about 160,000 unauthorised clips of its programmes on the website, which had been viewed more than 1.5 billion times.
Following the launch of its billion-dollar lawsuit, YouTube introduced filtering tools in an effort to prevent copyright materials from appearing on the site.
The US court declined Viacom's request that Google be forced to hand over the source code of YouTube, saying it was a "trade secret" that should not be disclosed.
But it said privacy concerns expressed by Google about handing over the log were "speculative".
Google's senior litigation counsel Catherine Lacavera said in a statement: "We are disappointed the court granted Viacom's over-reaching demand for viewing history.
"We will ask Viacom to respect users' privacy and allow us to anonymise the logs before producing them under the court's order."
The ruling will see the viewing habits of millions of YouTube users given to Viacom, totalling more than 12 terabytes of data.
Viacom said it wanted the data to "compare the attractiveness of allegedly infringing video with that of non-infringing videos."
YouTube and Google had "compelled" it to go to court, Viacom said, "by continuing to defend their illegal and irresponsible conduct and profiting from copyright infringement, when they could be implementing the safe and legal user generated content experience they promise".
It said it would not be asking for any "personally identifiable information" of any user.
"Any information that we or our outside advisors obtain will be used exclusively for the purpose of proving our case against You Tube and Google (and) will be handled subject to a court protective order and in a highly confidential manner."
'Erroneous ruling'
Leading privacy expert Simon Davies told BBC News that the privacy of millions of YouTube users was threatened.
He said: "The chickens have come home to roost for Google.
"Their arrogance and refusal to listen to friendly advice has resulted in the privacy of tens of millions being placed under threat."
Mr Davies said privacy campaigners had warned Google for years that IP addresses were personally identifiable information.
Google pledged last year to anonymise IP addresses for search information but it has said nothing about YouTube data.
Mr Davies said: "Governments and organisations are realising that companies like Google have a warehouse full of data. And while that data is stored it is under threat of being used and putting privacy in danger."
The EFF said: "The Court's erroneous ruling is a set-back to privacy rights, and will allow Viacom to see what you are watching on YouTube.
"We urge Viacom to back off this overbroad request and Google to take all steps necessary to challenge this order and protect the rights of its users."
The body said the ruling was also potentially unlawful because the log data did contain personally identifiable data.
The court also ruled that Google disclose to Viacom the details of all videos that have been removed from the site for any reason.
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Directed by Wayne Isham
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Directed by Wayne Isham
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Watch the official video for "Pork and Beans" from Weezer starring some familiar YouTube faces.
New Self-Titled "Red Album" out now.
how about a tour? anyone reading this?
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Buy the album. It's in stores NOW!!
*Support the band*
Disturbed - Inside the Fire
It
Buy the album. It's in stores NOW!!
*Support the band*
Disturbed - Inside the Fire
It's off the new album "Indestructible"
click the link below to see the official music video. *It's pretty bloody so watch with caution*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFCBPR-LcO8
UPDATED Song meaning: When asked by a fan if Devon was really his girlfriend, David replied "That wasn't actually her real name, in Inside the Fire, a lot of people have asked what that's about. It is actually, unfortunetely about a true incident of suicide that happened when I was a young kid, about 14, [or] 15 years old. I had a girl who was a heroine addict and, [went] down the wrong path and got obsessive compulsive, became way too attached and wanted to tell my parents about our relationship that I wasn't allowed to have, I was going to a religious boarding school at the time, and I wasn't even allowed to talk to a girl, let alone date a girl. Couldn't see movies, couldn't read newspapers, couldn't, had to bless before I ate, after I ate, pray three times a day, all that kind of stuff. But, unfortunetely, she took her own life, and it's been something that has haunted me for a very, very long time."
NOTE: Devon is not David's girlfriends REAL name.
NOTE ABOUT THE LYRICS: Please you guys!!! It's officially "One of Eleven" BUY THE CD. It comes with the lyrics AND if you buy the limited edition, during the "Making of the CD" Video, David actually talks about how she was one of eleven children. Please stop saying it's "No longer Living" Because it's obviously not. Thanks.
UPDATED Lyrics:
Ha ha ha ha ha!!!
Ooh, Devon
Won't go to heaven
She's just another lost soul, about to be mine again
Leave her
we will receive her
It is beyond your control
will you ever meet again
Devon
one of eleven
Who had been rendered unwhole
As a little child,
she was taken
and then forsaken
you will remember it all
Let it fill your mind again
Devon lies beyond this portal
take the word of one immortal
Give your soul to me
For eternity
release your life
to begin another time with her
End your grief with me
there's another way
release your life
take your place inside the fire with her
Sever, Now and forever
you're just another lost soul
about to be mine again
see her? you'll never free her
you must surrender it all
If you'd like to meet again
Fire, for your desire
As she begins to turn cold
for the final time
you will shiver, till you deliver
you will remember it all
Let it fill your mind again
Devon lies beyond this portal
take the word of one immortal
[Chorus]
[solo] "Take me away, yeah"
[Chorus]
Ooh, Devon
one of eleven
Who had been rendered unwhole.
As a little child
she was taken,
and then forsaken
you will remember it all
Let it fill your mind again
Man...Ha ha ha ha...
*End lyrics*
The lyrics are 100% official.
Thank you.
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