Viacom

Source: news.yahoo.com --- 11 hours ago
NewsFactor - Media giant Viacom took its fight to the public this week seeking to outline battle lines in its $1 billion lawsuit against YouTube's parent, Google. Viacom filed the lawsuit in March 2007 alleging that YouTube purposefully allowed Viacom's copyrighted content to be distributed on the site. The suit was filed after negotiations between Google and Viacom over licensing content fell apart. ...

Source: www.newsfactor.com --- 15 hours ago
Media giant Viacom took its fight to the public this week seeking to outline battle lines in its $1 billion lawsuit against YouTube's parent, Google. Viacom filed the lawsuit in March 2007 alleging that YouTube purposefully allowed Viacom's copyrighted content to be distributed on the site. The suit was filed after negotiations between Google and Viacom over licensing content fell apart. Viacom's CEO Phillipe Dauman took jabs at his opponent at a San Francisco press conference. He expressed disappointment in Google's management of YouTube, citing numerous copyright violations still on the site months after negotiations with Viacom. Was it Deliberate? While some observers point to a problem in YouTube's architecture for weeding out and blocking protected content, others believe YouTube and Google were intentionally lax in keeping such Viacom plums as the Daily Show, South Park, and other TV shows. Google maintains it is working on better filtering software to remove copyright-protected videos. Dauman said he thinks Google purposefully allowed the piracy to continue so YouTube would grow. Google did not step in to curtail the copyright infringements until YouTube dominated the market, Dauman said. YouTube has more than 70 million views per month. In its suit Viacom asked for the release of YouTube user information to track how often its copyrights were violated. Both parties have since agreed to drop this requirement, even though a ...

Source: www.thedailyaztec.com --- 1 day ago
I am killing the Internet. Believe me, I was surprised to find this out. I'm the guy who rolls his eyes at Digg, participates in Mozilla Firefox Download Day, enjoys the occasional LOLcat and may even get Rick Rolled on a nerd-infested message board about users' undying love of IG-88. In short, the Internet is the source of a great deal of my knowledge, hobbies and personal entertainment. I am invested in its continued success, not plotting its demise. ...

Source: www.disinfo.com --- 1 day ago
Consumerist reports that, bizarrely, Viacom is sending bogus copyright ownership claims and illegal posting notices to independent filmmakers posting their own movies on YouTube. The films in question contain not one iota of Viacom content, and are clearly the property of the filmmakers. However, based on nonsensical claims, Viacom is gaining control over the videos and the ability to collect data on who is watching them. Read the full story for examples.A creepy, baseless claim-staking by Viacom. ...

Source: www.topix.com --- 7 hours ago
Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman doesn't typically bash Google in the press. While Google CEO Eric Schmidt has publicly ridiculed Viacom for filing a $1 billion copyright claim against Google and YouTube, Dauman is ... ...

Source: www.reputationdefenderblog.com --- 13 hours ago
Both the New York Times and Los Angeles Times recently reported that a federal judge has ordered internet search giant Google to turn over the viewing records of YouTube as part of a billion dollar lawsuit alleging copyright infringement. The records will reveal the usernames and IP addresses of every YouTube viewer since 2005 and [...] ...

Source: lele.newsvine.com --- 1 day ago
In a nod to privacy complaints, Viacom Inc. won't be told the identities of individuals who watch video clips on the popular video-sharing site YouTube. ...

Source: DavidWallace.jaiku.com --- 1 day ago
Viacom Does the Right Thing: Withdraws Request for YouTube User Data Fetched from SearchRank Blog 6 days, 17 hours ago. ...

Source: www.brandrepublic.com --- 12 hours ago
LONDON - Lego has partnered with Viacom Brand Solutions (VBS), the sales house for Nickelodeon, MTV, VH1 and Paramount Comedy, to launch a nationwide search for two kids to appear in a new ad on Nickelodeon to promote Lego City. ...

Source: seekingalpha.com --- 1 day ago
Julia Boorstin submits: Yesterday morning at the Fortune Brainstorm conference Viacom (VIA) CEO Philippe Dauman and Verizon (VZ) CEO Ivan Seidenberg took the stage to be interviewed by Fortune Magazine Managing Editor Andy Serwer. Here we have content with an old media giant trying to compete in this digital age. And distribution; a telecom and wireless company that's reinventing itself as a multi-faceted distributor of content via mobile or its new fiber network. Complete Story » ...

Source: www.p2pnet.net --- 15 hours ago
p2pnet news view | MPAA News:- Time Warner, Viacom, Fox, Sony, NBC Universal and Disney, aka Hollywood with the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) as their mouthiece, have bought and paid for significant numbers of US politicians. So, it’s no surprise to find MPAA boss Dan Glickman spouting about the need for “intellectual property protections” [...] ...

Source: feeds.portfolio.com --- 23 hours ago
-The final chapter of Dan Rather's career at CBS could end up getting the big-screen treatment. [ Media Mob ] -Viacom boss Sumner Redstone says he will do everything in his power to live forever. [ CNBC ] -Does not wanting to have a guy's sweaty crotch shoved in your face make you a homophobe? If so, Nike's new ads are homophobic. [ Gawker ] Related Links Idle Chatter: Rather, Redstone, Burnett... Mel and Sumner, Together Again Sumner Redstone's Song of Himself ...

Source: www.indiantelevision.com --- 23 hours ago
MUMBAI: Viacom-owned MTV Networks International (MTVNI) and Taiwan cable kids broadcast network from EBC. ...

Source: news.techwhack.com --- 11 hours ago
Cowon P5 launched Consumer electronics company Cowon has announced the launch of their latest portable media player product. This new product is the Cowon P5. The device features a hairline metal finish body. The company said that this new media player comes loaded with a 5-inch touchscreen with 800×480px resolution. It is pretty functional with features like FM Radio, Bluetooth, photo player, document viewer, USB host and USB 2.0. It supports various media formats including MP3, WMV, AC3, AVI, ASF, WMV, MPG, MPEG4, OGM, DivX and Xvid. It is powered with a RMI Alchemy AU1250 700 MHz CPU and comes with Windows CE web browser for internet surfing capabilities. It is available in three capacities: 40GB, 60GB and 80GB. Colors: platinum, black and red. Tags: AC3 , ASF , AVI , Bluetooth , Cowon , Cowon P5 , Digital Media , digital media players , DivX , fm radio , mp3 , MPEG4 , MPG , OGM , portable media players , Windows CE , WMV , Xvid Related posts YouTube.in scheduled for launch (0) YouTube’s copyright trouble in India with T-Series (0) YouTube to mask user information in data supplied to Viacom (0) YouTube revenues disappointing for Google (0) YouTube now allows Multi-Video Upload (0) ...

Source: www.topix.com --- 4 days ago
Video-sharing Web site YouTube will shield the identities of users when it hands over viewer data to Viacom, according to an agreement made public on Wednesday. ...

Source: chimprawk.blogspot.com --- 4 days ago
News has moved quickly since Wednesday's ruling by Judge Louis Stanton in Viacom et. al. vs YouTube et. al., the landmark ruling ordering the transfer of all YouTube user histories. Foremost, Google has indicated it will not appeal the ruling , choosing instead to fight the battle in the court of public opinion. To that extent, Google lawyers have reached out to Viacom , offering to anonymize the transferred logs. Viacom attorneys seem to be open to the option , but have not agreed to anything binding. Viacom attorneys have stated that they won't be able to follow the RIAA model and suing individual users. In an article posted today, Saul Hansell of the New York Times disagrees , stating: "Viacom says that it isn’t going to use the information from Google to sue individual YouTube users for copyright infringement, but there is nothing under the law to stop it from doing so." This wealth of information, tied with a ribbon and presented to Viacom, will present intriguing, appealing options. Why not sue YouTube users, demolishing trust in the net's eminent video-distribution brand? What role does Google play in this mess? While not a viable option for a public company, Google could have settled the lawsuit in lieu of turning over our information. Additionally, Google's practices of storing information for 18 months - far longer than necessary - compounds the snakebite here. If Google regularly expunged or anonymized our records, damage cou ...

Source: news.directory-direct.com --- 4 days ago
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Source: gadgetsscoop.com --- 13 hours ago
Host: Leo Laporte Viacom wants your IP, iPhone 3G preview, Scott Wilkinson on AV, BlackBerry and your calls. [podcasd via twit.tv download page] Related Posts Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy 467 Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy 472 Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy 468 Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy Episode 466 Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy Episode 464 Leo Laporte [...] ...

Source: gadgetsscoop.com --- 13 hours ago
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