Comments on: ‘We won’t get personal user data’: Viacom

By: Stephen

Stephen — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:48:11 +0000

This is a complete invasion of privacy on the part of Viacom and our user information doesn’t have any relevance to their billion dollar lawsuit against Google. Google should be able to anatomize the user information before handing over 12 terabytes of personal information so my privacy and the privacy of millions like me are protected. I have a campaign that will force Viacom to allow Google/YouTube to protect us or 100,000 will boycott Viacom and all its subsidiaries: https://www.thepoint.com/campaigns/stop-viacom-from-invading-our-you-tube-privacy

By: Alter_Fritz

Alter_Fritz — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:48:37 +0000

but be aware if you are a pastor
those are not in the “don’t touch”-class of MAFIAA anymore!

(german RIAA branch had a press release back some time that they cought a pirating pastor!)

By: Thomas Roy Garner

Thomas Roy Garner — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:35:11 +0000

Well, I cannot wait to see if the viacom takes a page out of the RIAA/MPAA handbook and attempts to send “take-down” notices and/or takes ppl to court for copy-right issues.

After all they have 4-terrabytes of information to pool through, I’m sure that every single person on those 4 hd’s are not “judges, lawyers, FBI Agents, politicians, corporate leaders, bankers, educators, pastors, etc.”, surely there’s enough BAD ppl out there to get their fill…

What college has YET to receive any notices by the RIAA? Yale? I can’t remember, but I bet you 100% that not a single “threat” will be raised against any of those ppl…

just watch

By: Thinker

Thinker — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:22:43 +0000

The Viacom paradox, if they search the YouTube data is that they will find that thousands, if not millions of judges, lawyers, FBI Agents, politicians, corporate leaders, bankers, educators, pastors, etc. and their children and spouses are copyright infringement “thiefs”.

That would be embarrasing and that would destroy the “if you copy you are a thief” argument.

No, Viacom does not want to see the data.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:34:45 +0000

“We won’t get personal user data”

That’s the biggest lie I’ve ever heard, Viacom.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:01:23 +0000

Happy 4th of July everybody!! Enjoy your online freedom, while it lasts…

By: Alter_Fritz

Alter_Fritz — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:57:43 +0000

this (allegedly) vulture Michael Fricklas is confusing something here!

it’s not just about “They enforce their rights” (oh how genereously from THEM that they say they will not do that against users!)!

It’s about VIOLATING the rights of the users!
By for example receivening a copy of a video that is copyrighted by the YT user and is now in the pool of “deleted videos” they demanded!

What a bunch of criminal *beep*les are these viacom guys and this Michael Fricklas?

you *beep*les are the bad guys here! And you are not on the moral highground that you can claim to be so “generously” to not “hunt” users!

Shame on you Viacom!