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The following posts link to Viacom's Statement on YouTube User Data Controversy:
"Foundation EFF The Public Voice Enlaces relacionados: Se presenta libro Privacidad y Derechos Humanos en Feria del Libro de Guadalajara La privacidad en las redes sociales y la economia del conocimiento: el caso Facebook / Beacon EFF Viacom’s Statement on YouTube User Data Controversy Vulnerabilidad de Gmail revela nombres de usuarios Privacidad y libertad en Internet: VíaCom Vs. Google Control, seguridad y modelos abiertos: ¿necesita Internet a sus salvadores? Privacidad / Fundación Vía Libre Posted in D"
"Electronic Frontier Foundation EFF The Public Voice Enlaces relacionados: Se presenta libro Privacidad y Derechos Humanos en Feria del Libro de Guadalajara La privacidad en las redes sociales y la economia del conocimiento: el caso Facebook / Beacon EFF Viacom’s Statement on YouTube User Data Controversy Vulnerabilidad de Gmail revela nombres de usuarios Privacidad y libertad en Internet: VíaCom Vs. Google Control, seguridad y modelos abiertos: ¿necesita Internet a sus salvadores? Privacidad / Fundación Vía Libre Entry"
"links: Viacom v. YouTube Complaint - reposted to JD Supra originally filed March 13, 2007 ruling released July 1st - PDF shared by Beckerman Legal July 2nd blog post Deeplinks Blog, Electronic Frontier Foundation (July 2, 2008) Viacom’s Statement on YouTube User Data Controversy, Deeplinks Blog Electronic Frontier Foundation (July 3, 2008) July 4th article - New York Times The Privacy Commissioner of Canada blog puts a Canadian spin on the issue (July 4, 2008) Faster Forward: Court Invites Viacom to Violate YouTube"
"acá además de acá y acá Enlaces relacionados: La privacidad en las redes sociales y la economia del conocimiento: el caso Facebook / Beacon Se presenta libro Privacidad y Derechos Humanos en Feria del Libro de GuadalajaraEFF Viacom’s Statement on YouTube User Data ControversyEntry Filed under: Privacidad "
"that debate here. The programme featured: Lilian Edwards and Malcolm Harbour MEP discuss whether amendments to the Telecoms Packet could be used to crack down on file-sharers We heard from Kurt Opshal of the EFF about the decision in the Google/Viacom court case which could mean YouTube has to hand over user data to Viacom. Eamonn Carey is working on a Facebook documentary- "Poked" - he told us how it is progressing Tim Coyne of the Hollywood Podcast kindly shared part of his interview with Mickey Mouse Club"
"District Judge Louis L. Stanton authorized full access to the YouTube logs after Viacom Inc. and other copyright holders argued that they needed the data to show whether their copyright-protected videos are more heavily watched than amateur clips." The EFF has statements from both sides. While such legal issues aren't my specialty, I wanted to write about it because of the political ramifications of such a release of data. Also, the limitations behind data anonymisation are concerning here, even though Viacom says this data w"
""We are pleased to report that Viacom, MTV, and other litigants have backed off their original demand for all users' viewing histories, and we will not be providing that information," Google said on its YouTube blog. There's more at this link from the Electronic Frontier Foundation"
"* Viacom's Statement on YouTube User Data Controversy Viacom claims that user data received from Google/YouTube pursuant to a court order "will not contain personally identifiable information." http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/07/viacoms-statement-youtube-user-data-controversy * Court Rejects Attempt to Expand the DMCA With help from an EFF amicus brief, a court distinguished between circumventing rights-controls and circumventing access-controls, ultimately keeping the DMCA in check."
"that debate here. The programme featured: Lilian Edwards and Malcolm Harbour MEP discuss whether amendments to the Telecoms Packet could be used to crack down on file-sharers We heard from Kurt Opshal of the EFF about the decision in the Google/Viacom court case which could mean YouTube has to hand over user data to Viacom. Eamonn Carey is working on a Facebook documentary- ?Poked? - he told us how it is progressing Tim Coyne of the Hollywood Podcast"
"that debate here. The programme featured: Lilian Edwards and Malcolm Harbour MEP discuss whether amendments to the Telecoms Packet could be used to crack down on file-sharers We heard from Kurt Opshal of the EFF about the decision in the Google/Viacom court case which could mean YouTube has to hand over user data to Viacom. Eamonn Carey is working on a Facebook documentary- "Poked" - he told us how it is progressing Tim Coyne of the Hollywood Podcast kindly shared part of his interview with Mickey Mouse Club"
"Maybe it's the fact that the Judge ruling over this case is about six thousand years old and clearly wouldn't know what an Internet was if it hit him in the face, which I strongly suspect is about to happen. The EFF blog has an update where Viacom claim they don't intend to go harassing individual Youtube users, but we've seen stuff like this enough times to know everything has a huge potential to go entirely tits up further down the line."
"to isolate individuals? Quite easily. Have you been accessing illegal content online? We hope not, now that Viacom?s lawyers have your number. Related documents: Viacom v. YouTube Complaint - reposted to JD Supra, originally filed March 13, 2007 Viacom?s Statement on YouTube User Data Controversy, Deeplinks Blog, Electronic Frontier Foundation (July 3, 2008) Faster Forward: Court Invites Viacom to Violate YouTube Viewers? Privacy, by Robert Pegoraro, Washington Post (July 7, 2008) Viacom v. YouTube filings"
"to implicate a sufficient privacy concern to prevent disclosure to Viacom. Despite the fact that anonymous user names and IP addresses provide insufficient information to identify an individual, the negative publicity has sent Viacom on the PR offensive to let the world know that it?s not an overweening ogre, but just your average multibillion dollar content owner next door looking to protect its interests. Viacom also made a play for ?the computer source code which controls both the YouTube.com"
"The information that is produced by Google is going to be limited to outside advisers who can use it solely for the purpose of enforcing our rights against YouTube and Google,? Mr. Fricklas said.? (Link) That link is via EFF?s Kurt Opsahl, who had an excerpt from the Times? report that indicated it once included this immediately after the last sentence of the excerpt above: ??I can unequivocally state that we will not use any of this information to enforce rights against end users."
" Viacom's Statement on YouTube User Data Controversy "
"look at Google. It's not the greatest tech company after all." by Fortune's David Kirkpatrick "Think Before You Voicemail" by Michael Arrington "Merchants angry over getting yanked by Yelp" "Court Ruling Will Expose Viewing Habits of YouTube Users" "Viacom's Statement on YouTube User Data Controversy" "Worldwide Online Ad Spending" "Personal Democracy Forum: Blogging The Wisdom Of Crowds" Mayhill Fowler's commentary from this year's PDF, and note Mark Pesce's talk. "Pirouette" Belmont Club's insights on Obama"
"Judge Louis L. Stanton authorized full access to the YouTube logs after Viacom Inc. and other copyright holders argued that they needed the data to show whether their copyright-protected videos are more heavily watched than amateur clips.? The EFF has statements from both sides. While such legal issues aren?t my specialty, I wanted to write about it because of the political ramifications of such a release of data. Also, the limitations behind data anonymisation are concerning here, even"
"Viacom's Statement on YouTube User Data Controversy"
"The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has already reacted, calling the order a violation of the Video Privacy Protection act that ??threatens to expose deeply private information.?" [1] Wired [2] EFF DeepLinks Sphere: Related Content "
"us in this position by continuing to defend their illegal and irresponsible conduct and profiting from copyright infringement, when they could be implementing the safe and legal user generated content experience they promise." wonder woman briefcase read more | digg story "
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