Thursday, July 3, 2008

Planning to share a Video .... beware !!!


If you are a person who loves sharing videos through youtube then this news might be for you. Google has been ordered to hand over details of YouTube users' viewing habits by a judge presiding over a copyright infringement case against the site, the case was filed by Viacom the parent company of MTV. The company insists that copyright material was routinely passed over the website, arguing this the company has filed a $1 billion lawsuit.

The company has been ordered divulge details of every video clip uploaded to the site, along with viewers’ YouTube usernames and IP addresses.

So as a regular file sharer you need to be careful that you are not violating the copyright laws.

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