YouTube Hands Over User Info To Fox 396
An anonymous reader writes "Tech Crunch has an article about YouTube identifying and handing over a user's information after a request from Fox. 'Three weeks after receiving a subpoena from the U.S. District Court in Northern California, YouTube has reportedly identified a user accused by 20th Century Fox Television of uploading episodes of the show 24 a week prior to their running on television. That user, named ECOTtotal, is also alleged to have uploaded 12 episodes of The Simpsons, some quite old. Apparently Google and YouTube were willing and able to identify the owner of the username ECOTtotal, according to a report on InternetNews.com.'"
Google (Score:1, Funny)
Seriously though... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:how does this work? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:yeah -- good luck... (Score:3, Funny)
Law enforcement looks for people living or working near the unsecured router and that either would have had access to the media prior to airtime, or have established relationships with people that would have had access. If the FBI gets involved, I guarantee they'll at least figure out who the guy is before they lose the laptop with all the details of the case.
Re:how does this work? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Did Cheney torture them for it, Frist? (Score:4, Funny)
Sorry, neihter reading Tom Clancy nor playing his games qualify as real, counter-terrorism ops.
Re:Did Cheney torture them for it, Frist? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:If you were Fox you'd want this too (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Did Cheney torture them for it, Frist? (Score:2, Funny)
Taddletale! (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Got ta say..... (Score:3, Funny)
Times are changing. Today I copied someone else's lunch from the fridge at work.
Re:Willing and able (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Willing and able (Score:2, Funny)
Re:They're gonna be disappointed... (Score:2, Funny)