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WildWes991 year, 5 months ago

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And Viacom's statement that the data won't include personally identifiable information is an outright lie! They will have your username and IP address. While they aren't being handed your real name and address yet, these are still personally identifiable pieces of information and could subsequently be used to force Google and your internet provider to turn over your name and address. Google has asked the court if they can anonymize the logs before turning over the data.
I think this whole case is ridiculous! Viacom earns advertising revenue when their shows air on TV. Youtube doesn't diminish this and they aren't losing money. If anything, it's extra exposure for their shows. Reminds me of the shortsightedness when the VCR came out and the studios tried to kill the technology. Ironically VCR and DVD sales ended up as a cash cow for them. Greed - PURE GREED!!!

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  Dionys1 year, 5 months ago
  
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  Wait until they use the IP addresses to sue all the individuals they claim are posting stolen videos a la Napster lawsuits.
  
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  tkyrchncs1 year, 5 months ago
  
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  Giving Viacom the number of hits per video, plus the number of ip addresses hitting each video, plus a list of ip addresses and user id's should be sufficient. There need be no direct connection to what has been accessed by whom.
  
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    Candida1 year, 5 months ago
    
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    What do they need the IP addresses and user IDs for?
    
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      Endoscopy1 year, 5 months ago
      
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      To prove how many different people downloaded the copyrighted material. Someone has to pay for each one.
      
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        Candida1 year, 5 months ago
        
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        For that, all they need is the number of different IP addresses or IDs, not the actual addresses or IDs. Obviously, the people who unknowingly watched copyrighted material will not be forced to pay for it. That would be ridiculous.
        
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        tkyrchncs1 year, 5 months ago
        
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        Giving a list actually proves the number of subscribers, without connecting them to their history. Surely no one minds if anyone knows they have SUBSCRIBED to YouTube?
        
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        Endoscopy1 year, 5 months ago
        
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        No. Many ISP providers give out floating ip addresses to their clients. You don't know one day from the next what your IP address is unless you have an agreement to keep it the same.
        
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        tkyrchncs1 year, 5 months ago
        
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        The user name remains the same, unless you have more than one or use someone else's.
        
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        obiefrommuskogee1 year, 5 months ago
        
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        They could easily set up a code for each user and IP address, like an encryption.
        
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