YouTube To Mask Viewer Data To Viacom In Suit

Jul 16, 2008 (financialwire.net via COMTEX) --

Companies: Google Inc (GOOG), Viacom, Inc. (VIA)

July 16, 2008 (FinancialWire) Media conglomerate Viacom (NYSE: VIA) won't be told the identities of individuals who watch video clips on Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) (Current Market Cap: US$162.01 Bil.) video-sharing site YouTube during the company's copyright suit.

Viacom and other copyright holders have agreed to let YouTube mask user IDs and Internet addresses when YouTube hands over viewer ship records in a $1 billion lawsuit accusing the site of enabling copyright infringement. A federal judge ordered the database produced in a July 1 ruling widely criticized by privacy activists.

Viacom is seeking at least $1 billion in damages from Google, saying YouTube built its business by infringing copyrights on Viacom shows, which include Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and Nickelodeon's SpongeBob SquarePants cartoon.

Under the agreement, YouTube can swap the user logins and IP addresses with other, presumably anonymous signifiers. YouTube has a week to propose its method.

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