YouTube vs. Viacom: Google’s IP wins; Users lose

If you use YouTube, or have any interest in privacy rights, you may want to read this article:

The latest battle in Google’s ongoing court battle with Viacom over YouTube copyright infringement is a glass half full or half empty situation. In the half full department, Google scored a legal victory as a judge shot down Viacom requests for the search giant’s search code and other critical intellectual property. In the half empty department, Google is being forced to turn over YouTube user histories to Viacom.

Complete article:  http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=9242&tag=nl.e539

This is a dangerous path to walk, my friends.  When big business can access your personal viewing histories, you don’t know how much of that data will be distributed to who.  Click the wrong link by accident, and you could be affiliated with controversial, illegal, or embarrassing subject matter and potentially have such a “connection” distributed without your knowledge.

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