Viacom claims they need your personal YouTube information, purportedly to prove their claim that most YouTube views came from Viacom content. The latter claim is patently ridiculous, and so is the former.
Viacom obviously does not need your personal YouTube info to prove its purported point. They can use your personal information, however, to sue you. […]
Louis Lee Stanton
United States Courthouse
500 Pearl St., Room 2250
New York, NY 10007
Courtroom: 21C
Chambers Phone: +1 (212) 805-0252
Deputy Phone: +1 (212) 805-0123
Fax: +1 (212) 805-0389
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How fitting that we should fight oppression on Independence Day. YouTubers were swift to protest Viacom invading your privacy.
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Viacom just sacrificed your privacy to further their billion-dollar legal harassment of YouTube. US District Court Judge Louis Stanton just ordered YouTube to hand Viacom all personal information of all YouTube users. That includes names, IP addresses, viewing histories, everything.
YouTube, of course, argued that this would violate your privacy. Stanton dismissed that argument as “speculative”.
Yes, […]
So let’s get this straight: Google AdSense ad units, contained in and contextual to content sites, will now contain Google-syndicated content contextual to the content sites, that contains ads contextual to the Google-syndicated content.
Talk about picture-in-picture-in-picture.
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Between flamers and spammers and illiterates, YouTube commenters aren’t exactly known for their eloquence. That’s why J. Chris Newberg here challenges YouTube creators to write a song about their video comments.
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At a startup dinner in Palo Alto the other night, YouTube founder Chad Hurley told the story of YouTube. Grab some popcorn, kids, because this is thrilling stuff.
YouTube’s been around three years. TV’s been around fifty years. The former is well ahead of schedule to kick the latter’s ass.
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Welcome to the YouTube Nation, traditional independent filmmakers. Four-Eyed Monsters was the first feature-length film on YouTube, and now YouTube creates a special Screening Room specifically for independent films. The Screening Room will feature four short films every two weeks, and feature-length films on a case-to-case basis.
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If you can get to Philadelphia on July 12 at noon, check out the YoTube gathering at Independence Park.
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Want to know how to set up those cool YouTube branded channels and contests? Kevin Nalts uncovers documents outlining how to do both.
Creating and Customizing a Branded Channel
Designing and Running a Contest
Both documents are marked Google proprietary and confidential. Nice find, Nalts. :)
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A look at the fast rising online video industry
Written by Mike Abundo [email] for b5media.
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