TAG | Viacom and others back off from demands for YouTube user data! |
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| by Stephen Withers | |
| Tuesday, 15 July 2008 | |
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Page 1 of 2 "Viacom and the other litigants have backed off their demand for YouTube user viewing histories," said Rob Shilkin, Google's head of corporate communications and public affairs for Australia and New Zealand. "We have reached agreement to anonymise the data," he added. Legal representatives of Viacom, Comedy Partners, Country Music Television, Paramount Pictures, Black Entertainment Television, The Football Association Premier League, Bourne, Murbo Music Publishing, Cherry Lane Music Publishing, Los Angeles News Service, X-Ray Dog Music, the French Tennis Federation, The Scottish Premier League, Cal IV Entertainment, the National Music Publishers Association, Rodgers & Hammerstein Organisation, Stage Three Music, Edward B Marks Music, Bienstock Publishing, Alley Music, Music Force, Sin-Drom Records, and prospective participants in a class action against Google and YouTube have all agreed to the plan. What's more, they've also agreed not to try to undo the anonymisation - but in return, Google and its subsidiary YouTube are not allowed to use the original logs in connection with the suit unless those versions are also provided to the plaintiffs. This means there's a sting in the tail of Google's partial victory for anyone worried about having their YouTube viewing history uncovered. CONTINUED |
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