Viacom Media – To Sue YouTube/Google for $1 Billion Citing Unauthorized Usage of Clips
Entertainment giant Viacom Media says it will sue web search engine Google and its video-sharing website YouTube for $1bn (£517m). Viacom, which owns MTV and Nickelodeon, says YouTube uses its shows illegally.
Viacom alleges that about 160,000 unauthorised clips of its programmes have been loaded onto YouTube’s site and viewed more than 1.5 billion times.
Google says it is “confident” that YouTube has respected the legal rights of copyright holders. However the internet search giant saw its shares fall $11.72, or 2.6%.
As well as more than $1bn in damages, the legal action seeks an injunction to prevent what Viacom calls “massive intentional copyright infringement”.
“YouTube’s strategy has been to avoid taking proactive steps to curtail the infringement on its site,” said Viacom in a statement.
You can read the full article online at BBC News.
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Viacom are fucking retarded. even if they win this lawsuit, they are still retarded and wrong. IT’S FREE PROMOTION! PEOPLE THAT USED TO WATCH THOSE TV SHOWS WILL REMEMBER THEM AND BUY THEM ON DVD. SAME WITH MUSIC VIDEOS! IT’S FREE PROMOTION FOR THE ARTISTS WHO WILL SELL SOME OF THEIR SHIT THANKS TO YOUTUBE.
I think Viacom is just jealous and wants a share after google bought youtube for that massive sum of money.
if you go on youtube and look for anything related to Comedy Central, every bit of it is gone. and they’re still not happy? fuck them.