Court orders Google to turn over much YouTube viewing data
A federal court ordered Google to turn over YouTube viewing data, in a copyright infringement suit brought about by the Viacom media conglomerate. The data include:
every YouTube username, the associated IP address and the videos that user has watched on YouTube. Google will also be required to hand over copies of every video removed from Youtube for any reason (DMCA notices or user-initiated deletions).
Privacy implications are potentially significant, involving:
a record of every video that users have watched, including registered accounts and IPs.
...Viacom argued that since they claimed that copyright material is more popular than user-made videos, they needed access to the information to strengthen the case...
Google argued that this would cause privacy issues, but Stanton said it was just speculation. The Electronic Frontier Foundation, a San Francisco-based privacy advocate group, said the ruling was "a setback to privacy rights, and will allow Viacom to see what you are watching on YouTube." said EFF's senior staff attorney Kurt Opsahl.
The judge did not allow Viacom's other requests for Google code.
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