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Viacom Demands YouTube Remove Videos

Posted by Zonk on from the moment-of-zen-everybody dept.

AlHunt writes "According to the folks at PCWorld Viacom has publicly scolded YouTube for continuing to host throngs of Viacom videos without permission. They are demanding that over 100,000 of its clips be removed from the site. This includes content from Comedy Central (no more Daily Show), MTV, Nick at Nite, Nickelodeon, Paramount Pictures, and VH1. YouTube has acknowledged receiving a DMCA request from Viacom, and the article notes what a dire precedent this could be if Google can't reach an agreement with Viacom and its fellow IP holders."

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  1. Rutube? by Sax+Maniac · · Score: 1, Funny

    If allofmp3 is a guide, maybe we need rutube.ru. Eh, dot com. Eh, dot whatever.

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  2. Google vs. Viacom... by dexomn · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...Cagematch to the death! Two shall enter, one will leave!

  3. Re:Who needs YouTube to get The Daily Show by DogDude · · Score: 2, Funny

    Rumor has it that all of the major bit torrent sites have all of the Daily Shows soon after they are aired, complete and ad-free. But, that's just a rumor I heard...

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  4. Re:The ugly truth by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    it sets a dangerous president

    So true. We already have a stupid President, don't want a dangerous one now, do we? Oh wait...

  5. Re:No more lazy man's BitTorrent by whoever57 · · Score: 2, Funny

    This move helps keep YouTube pure. Only people who take a picture of themselves everyday for years will be permitted to post content.
    Until tattoo artists start asserting their copyrights against people who post pictures of themselves including said tattoos!
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  6. Re:You don't. by iminplaya · · Score: 2, Funny

    DMCA is copyright on steroids...No wait. DMCA is copyright with syphilis...rabies?...dysentery. Haemorrhoids. Worms. Fleas. Crabs!

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