Viacom Withdraws Original Demand for YouTube Data
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008;
-- Andy Beal |
It is now safe to return to your normal YouTube viewing habits. Viacom will not be getting its hands on your personal data.
According to the YouTube blog…
We are pleased to report that Viacom, MTV and other litigants have backed off their original demand for all users’ viewing histories and we will not be providing that information.
In addition, Viacom and the plaintiffs had originally demanded access to users’ private videos, our search technology, and our video identification technology. Our lawyers strongly opposed each of those demands and the court sided with us.
So, should we celebrate the protection of our private data? Not so fast! Viacom’s not getting your data because it realized the swarm of negative publicity that would follow, not because a judge ruled it couldn’t have it.
The precedent has been set and, until challenged, will give grounds for others to request all kinds of personal data from the Google et al.
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July 15th, 2008 at 10:21 am
Why would YouTube be obliged to give any info away on users? They’re doing the best they can to remove copyright infringing videos. Viacom needs to take a chill pill.
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July 15th, 2008 at 10:47 am
Phew! Thank God for that.
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July 15th, 2008 at 10:52 am
Good Decision in right Time
July 15th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
This is excellent news. Don’t see why they should see what we view in the first place.
July 15th, 2008 at 10:22 pm
I view this as good news but it’s still scary that as you pointed out, the precendent has been set.
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July 16th, 2008 at 12:08 am
Thank social media for putting it in the spotlight so heavily. It was one of the biggest stories on Digg.
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July 17th, 2008 at 4:06 am
That’s better. Otherwise we would have someone poking its nose into our private daily life habits.
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