| Ruling against YouTube worries privacy advocates (Hartford Courant) |
| A judge's order to divulge log-ons and Internet Protocol addresses in a Viacom copyright case could lead to users' identities being revealed, some fear. A billion-dollar court clash between old- and new-media giants took on unexpected privacy ramifications this week when a federal judge ordered YouTube to hand over the log-on names and Internet addresses of every person who had viewed ... Read More... |
| Privacy of YouTube users under threat (Belfast Telegraph) |
| The personal viewing habits and online identities of millions of YouTube users are to be handed over to an American media giant after a court rejected arguments that such a move amounted to a massive invasion of internet privacy. Read More... |
| Privacy fears (Ottawa Citizen) |
| SAN FRANCISCO - A U.S. judge has ordered Google to expose to Viacom the video-viewing habits of everyone who has ever used YouTube in a decision condemned Thursday by the Internet giant and privacy advocates. Read More... |
| Viacom suit against Google raises privacy concerns (International Herald Tribune) |
| A federal judge has ordered Google to turn over to Viacom its records of which users watched which videos on YouTube, the Web's largest video site by far. The order raised concerns among YouTube users and privacy advocates that the video viewing habits of tens of millions of people could be exposed. Read More... |
| Court order on YouTube user data fans privacy fears (Washington Post) |
| NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. judge's order to Google Inc to turn over YouTube user data to Viacom Inc sparked an outcry on Thursday from privacy advocates in the midst of a legal showdown over video piracy. Read More... |
| Privacy fears as YouTube reveals all (Adelaide Now) |
| UPDATED: THERE is no such thing as privacy on the internet, a local expert has warned in the wake of a shock court ruling in the US. Read More... |
