Viacom will soon know what you watch on YouTube
As part of its lawsuit of copyright infringement against YouTube, Viacom has won the right to see a complete log of user activity.
This will include not only usernames, but also ISP addresses.
Viacom claims it wants to prove that pirated stuff—from network TV and major films—are bigger draws than user generated content.
But doesn't handing them over this information constitute a major breach of user privacy?
I think so.
Once again, the big media companies are playing hardball to preserve a business model based on copyright that is crumbling, dying, shifting, morphing before their eyes.
This will include not only usernames, but also ISP addresses.
Viacom claims it wants to prove that pirated stuff—from network TV and major films—are bigger draws than user generated content.
But doesn't handing them over this information constitute a major breach of user privacy?
I think so.
Once again, the big media companies are playing hardball to preserve a business model based on copyright that is crumbling, dying, shifting, morphing before their eyes.
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