Google Wins Agreement To Anonymize YouTube Logs 242
Barence, following up on yesterday's news that Viacom is looking for videos uploaded by Google staff, links to an article at PC Pro, excerpting: "Google and Viacom have reached a deal to protect the privacy of millions of YouTube watchers. Earlier this month, a New York federal judge ordered Google to turn over YouTube user data to Viacom and other plaintiffs to help them prepare a confidential study of what they argue are vast piracy violations on the video-sharing site. Google claims it had now agreed to provide plaintiffs' attorneys with a version of a massive viewership database that blanks out YouTube usernames and IP addresses that could be used to identify individual video watchers."
Re:Not as it seems (Score:4, Funny)
Why waste the time when you know someone else will do it for you?
Re:Yikes... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Not as it seems (Score:5, Funny)
It's not always about money. Sometimes it's about power. And then women.
Or so I've heard.
Re:Not as it seems (Score:3, Funny)
It's not always about money. Sometimes it's about power. And then women.
Or so I've heard.
You need to get the sugar first however.
Re:Not as it seems (Score:1, Funny)
It's not always about money. Sometimes it's about power. And then women.
Or so I've heard.
I think you watch too much "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit"
Re:Okay then, what's the point? (Score:5, Funny)
The point is that Viacom can find out that "the same person that viewed video X that infringes our copyright also viewed fifteen other videos that infringe our copyright; and he only looked at two that do not".
I find it hilarious that they're going to pay someone to look at all these lines.
I imagine it won't be a geek or someone with knowledge of the culture. And I can imagine the following moment.
The guy/girl sets down a sheet of paper, rubs the bridge of their nose, and says, out loud: "Jesus Christ, when did Rick Astly get so popular?"
Whew! For a minute there (Score:4, Funny)
.. I was afraid somebody would learn just how often I allow myself to get Rick Rolled.
Re:Not as it seems (Score:3, Funny)
It's not always about money. Sometimes it's about power. And then women.
Or so I've heard.
You need to get the sugar first however.
And the spice.
Re:Not as it seems (Score:3, Funny)
That, too, of course. In fact, I've heard you'll also need everything nice.
Re:Okay then, what's the point? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:subject (Score:2, Funny)
Is it just me who gets bugged when a post starts by "I Anal, but ..."?
Re:Not as it seems (Score:3, Funny)
My god. This looks like someone saying that maybe, just maybe, people ought to be paid for their creations. What are you doing on Slashdot?