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Posted By: DavidWallace 49 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://searchengineland.com)
Category: Google
Danny Sullivan writes, "You have no privacy on YouTube. So effectively declared a US judge yesterday. And now somebody in the US government better stop grandstanding about search and privacy protection and actually get some laws enacted now. Yesterday's move might be the ultimate incentive, as US politicians realize that what they've watched on YouTube may now be open season."
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from WaterGuy 49 days ago #
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So now the courts get to decide site by site what can be private.  It's a slippery slope.

from DarkMatter 49 days ago #
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millions of people are sharing these links, informing new people about these shows and movies and music, and they want to stop it. what a bunch of fools.

Once they're done getting everything removed from youtube, they'll go and PAY Itunes to do what youtube did for free, only Itunes will deliver less traffic. brilliant!

from KenJones 49 days ago #
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I especially like Danny's postscript addition about his phone call to the judges office. 

"That's T-E-C-H-M-E-M-E-DOT-COM, I spelled out." LOL

from danagyt 49 days ago #
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I'm not a Google basher, but judging from the excerpts of the transcript, it seems as though they are being very, very evil here.  It appears they do not want to go on the record saying that IP addresses and user names could identify people, because that could limit their use of that information for their own profit in the future.  So instead of protecting their users' privacy, they are completely selling them out so that they can monetize them better in the future.  Wow.  This definitely makes me reconsider my relationship with Google's services. 

from AndrewGirdwood 49 days ago #
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Viacom risk making themselves very unpopular with people.

from tykeblog 49 days ago #
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This is not a case pursuing individuals, but it is a watershed case.
If it suceeds, it's only a matter of time b4 Utube goes down.
The weight of liturgy will drown it.

When uploading photo's, (to iStock), you have to have signed model release forms for every individual in a photo.
Strictly inforcing current IP legislation, YouTube would be exactly the same.

Think about it..

from danagyt 48 days ago #
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Postscript 3 is kind of interesting but doesn't change anything from your original story if I read it right.  Viacom is saying they don't want personally identifiable indormation.  Google is saying IP address and user name are not personally identifiable.  So they are still going to get this info.  And being restricted from using information for a certain purpose doesn't mean it won't happen. "Confidential" information is leaked constantly.  Just ask Valerie Plame or Barry Bonds. The only way to stop people from using it is to stop access.  This only strengthens my argument that Google is selling out its users' privacy by saying this info cannot identify them.  If they had said it could, Viacom would probably not get this data. 


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