Google will hand over YouTube users
On Wednesday, the District Judge of Southern New York issued an interim decision ( pdf ) in the Viacom vs YouTube and Google long case where the owners of the largest video hosting service will have to give the plaintiff data on all users of the service, including their nicknames, IP and full viewed videos. Viacom’s request to transfer to it also the court rejected the source code for the Google search engine, finding that the company's commercial secret costs too much here.
Human rights activists from the EFF stated that the court’s decision was contrary to the law of VPPA of 1988, which protects the private right of video rental clients. The EFF insists that this law applies to YouTube users, as many of them used their real names as pseudonyms on the site.
At the moment, Viacom is not allowed to use the users' personal data for anything other than supporting its copyright infringement claim. However, it remains unclear whether the media giant plans to file individual claims against each violator. It is also not clear how this data can help the company in its fight against Google, where evidence of the presence of pirated videos on YouTube is already enough.
Human rights activists from the EFF stated that the court’s decision was contrary to the law of VPPA of 1988, which protects the private right of video rental clients. The EFF insists that this law applies to YouTube users, as many of them used their real names as pseudonyms on the site.
At the moment, Viacom is not allowed to use the users' personal data for anything other than supporting its copyright infringement claim. However, it remains unclear whether the media giant plans to file individual claims against each violator. It is also not clear how this data can help the company in its fight against Google, where evidence of the presence of pirated videos on YouTube is already enough.
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Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/28456/
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