Help Raise awareness: http://digg.com/world_news/F_CK_VIACOM
(I said Wednesday to see if anyone would check the description :-p)
YouTube has an updated look at the situation: http://www.youtube.com/blog
Stalk Me:
http://myspace.com/youtubephil
http://twitter.com/phillyd
Check the Secret Public Diary:
http://www.PhillyD.tv
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NjnsLQCl_w
http://digg.com/world_news/VIACOM_VS_YOU
Please digg to help support this video
The Judge"
Judge Louis L Stanton
Daniel Patrick Moynihan Courthouse
United States Courthouse
500 Pearl St., Room 2250
New York, NY10007
Phones
(212) 805-0252
Faxes
(212) 805-0389
Online Petition:
http://www.petitiononline....
A history of the so-called scary Viacom logo.
Viacom is a big, fat copyright bully. To read more about this ridiculous situation with TheKnightShift vs. Viacom, see my blog entry here:
http://nalts.wordpress.com/2007/09/01/viacom-is-a-big-mean-bully/
Or read it first hand from Christopher Knight:
http://theknightshift.blogspot.com/2007/08/viacom-hits-me-with-copyright.html
Note to media: You ...
If your video was taken down after complaints from Viacom, but contained either no viacom content at all, or fair use extracts, the Electronic Frontier Foundation would like to hear from you.
http://zennie2005.blogspot.com/2008/07/viacom-and-judge-louis-l-stanton-rob.html - On Thursday, U.S. District Court Judge Louis L. Stanton forced YouTube to give Viacom, which owns shows like "The Daily Show", records that show what videos you and I have been watching. Here, I explains that the implications are dangerous and could help, for examp...
This is a compilation of Viacom logos from 1971 to 2005. I only included logos that were seen on American television, so the PAL "V of Doom" is not included. I also didn't include the extended "V of Steel," but I still used the video to make the normal "V of Steel" in good quality.
NOTE: I am quite aware that this logo history is outdated since se...
KEEP A GOOD EYE ON THE HONORS FOR THIS VIDEO! THE LAST FEW HAVE BEEN VERY SLOW TO UPDATE!
IN CASE ANYTHING HAPPENS TO MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL, ADD ME AS A FRIEND ON MYSPACE:
http://profile.myspace.com/realweeklynews
Here are my other videos on Viacom:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJbCWJNQUYI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NjnsLQCl_w
http://www.you...
UPDATE, JULY 15, 2008:
The information in this video is no longer true or relevant. According to the YouTube blog, "Viacom, MTV and other litigants have backed off their original demand for all users' viewing histories and we will not be providing that information. ... In addition, Viacom and the plaintiffs had originally demanded access to users'...
A few people have been complaining about the video stopping, if this is happening for you, I've uploaded the video here also: http://s95.photobucket.com/albums/l153/rulerofearth/?action=view¤t=FuckViacomcampaignFinished.flv
Viacom subsidiaries:
Paramount, BET, Comedy Central, LOGO, MTV, Nickelodeon, VH1, and Dreamworks.
Contact your local ...
The current petition:
http://www.petitiononline.com/privacy9/petition.html
Agree or disagree, at least listen to the song at the end.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assets_owned_by_Viacom
Lyrics:
Hey Viacom, how is your business today?
All these legal tactics scare customers away.
Why you got to be that way?
Don't act retarded like the RIAA...
...in the ass, with no lube.
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jul2008/tc2008073_435740.htm?chan=technology_technology+index+page_top+stories
Google must divulge YouTube log
ALSO SEE: http://tinyurl.com/6xlnuz
Google must divulge the viewing habits of every user who has ever watched any video on YouTube, a US court has ruled.
The ruling comes as part of Google's legal battle with Viacom over allegations of copyright infringement. Digital rights group the Electronic Frontier Foundation...
WATCH PART 2 AT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIVOZB2K6Y0
Much more information at http://www.liberalviewer.com
See particularly the blog entry from Nicole Ozer, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Northern California's Technology and Civil Liberties Policy Director, at: http://www.aclunc.org/issues/technology/blog/playing_fair_on_youtu...
Viacom is a big lame piece of sh*t. Sumner Redstone can suck my... okay, let's keep this civil.
I detest greed. That is what this $1 billion dollar lawsuit against YouTube amounts to... GREED! Well, yes, they are also threated by the future. If you read MySpace and Facebook profiles you will increasingly find people saying that they "don't really ...
Boycott Viacom and get revenge on for google cause those bastards now know everything about you. Doesn't that violate tons of privacy laws? huh stupid old judges ruining our online fun
--------
http://www.youtube.com/blog?entry=Gh2N9xyKK8k
http://digg.com/world_news/F_CK_VIACOM
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hty1hXgakr7zoviTVNKalsStgSOw
------...
We don't need another f*ck Viacom video, what we need is 12 F*CK YOU's of VIACOM. This video is a list of 12 things that piss me off about Viacom. You can help support this video by commenting, rating, responding and showing others!
visit http://www.forfun808.tv for more vids
FU #1
The fact that Viacom thinks they own everything. They think th...
Viacom Versus You Tube will Take a HUGE ABOUT Face, If You Tube Listens to MY ADVICE!
I have a feeling that Viacom's own Employees were instrumental in a large degree to the Proliferation of Clips of Viacom Programming AND the Increase in the Ratings of Viacom Clips by Watching, Rating, Favoriting these clips ENCOURAGING them to rise in the rating...
John, Sebastian, Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht debate over the future of YouTube, now that multimedia giant Viacom has slapped them with a lawsuit.
SUBSCRIBE & GET YOUR INFO EARLY! :)
http://epicfu.com/subscribe
EXTRA, EXTRA: READ THE BLOG!
http://blog.epicfu.com
Viacom now after YouTube employees: http://newteevee.com/2008/07/13/viacom-after-youtube-employee-info/
It's the week of the iPhone 3G, third-party Facebook apps are up to no good, Viacom ganks our viewer data from YouTube, and ou...
News, Tuesday March 13th 2007. Viacom sues You Tube for $1 Billion Dollars, due to copyright infingements from uploaded materials. http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/Dispatch/ViacomSuesYouTube.aspx?GT1=9215
We have no way of knowing which click will lead us to a video w/ copyrighted material.
Viacom has exclusive rights to it's copyrighted material unless the company grants another entity the right to use the material. Viacom has the right to know who has been fraudulently using their material. Viacom has the right to hold responsible the business w...
http://digg.com/world_news/BURIED_BY_DIGG_VIACOM_VS_YOU
Digg.com emails:
feedback@digg.com
abuse@digg.com
press@digg.com
Recently one of the most important subjects dealing with the privacy of youtube members was completely buried by digg.com.
Here is a link to the original video for viacom vs you on digg.com. Notice my comment shortly after they...
Q&A: Divulging YouTube log
A US court has ruled that Google must divulge the viewing habits of every user who has ever watched any video on YouTube. The decision comes as part of Google's legal battle with Viacom over allegations of copyright infringement.
What has the court ruled?
The US court has ordered Google to hand over the "logging databa...
So you wanna take a side? You wanna protest. You wanna get all offended. Yes I did too. But I thought it over... Some say the heck with Viacom. Some say the heck with the Google and YouTube partners. What is the Truth of the whole matter? Let's move a little closer toward that clarity.
random useless info about old media dinosaurs LMAO
Viacom sub...
Google must divulge the viewing habits of every user who has ever watched any video on YouTube, a US court has ruled.
The ruling comes as part of Google's legal battle with Viacom over allegations of copyright infringement.
Digital rights group the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) called the ruling a "set-back to privacy rights".
The viewing...
WATCH PART 1 AT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_H8hWIGv5L0
Much more information at http://www.liberalviewer.com
See particularly the blog entry from Nicole Ozer, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Northern California's Technology and Civil Liberties Policy Director, at: http://www.aclunc.org/issues/technology/blog/playing_fair_on_youtu...
Well, it happened. YouTube is facing a $1 billion+ lawsuit from Viacom. It was known that YouTube would eventually face at least one major lawsuit, and Viacom - which had already pulled 100,000 clips from the site, was perhaps the most likely to take a distaste to the company.
Viacom is accusing YouTube of "massive intentional copyright infringem...
Hon. Judge Louis L Stanton, U.S. District Court Judge
United States Courthouse
500 Pearl St., Room 2250
New York, NY 10007
Chambers Phone: (212) 805-0252
Deputy Phone: (212) 805-0123
Faxes: (212) 805-0389
Video Privacy Protection Act
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/18/2710.html
http://epic.org/privacy/vppa/
nalts video a few months back
http...
i didn't read all this, but you might
Viacom vs you. Google must divulge the viewing habits of every user who has ever watched any video on YouTube, a US court has ruled.
The ruling comes as part of Google's legal battle with Viacom over allegations of copyright infringement.
Digital rights group the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) called t...