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YouTube Hands Over User Info To Fox
An anonymous reader writes "Tech Crunch has an article about YouTube identifying and handing over a user's information after a request from Fox. 'Three weeks after receiving a subpoena from the U.S. District Court in Northern California, YouTube has reportedly identified a user accused by 20th Century Fox Television of uploading episodes of the show 24 a week prior to their running on television. That user, named ECOTtotal, is also alleged to have uploaded 12 episodes of The Simpsons, some quite old. Apparently Google and YouTube were willing and able to identify the owner of the username ECOTtotal, according to a report on InternetNews.com.'"
Don't be evil
- There's no place like 127.0.0.1
Fox shows aren't important enough to be uploaded. The funny ones will air on other channels.
"Thanks for all the money you paid to us. We've used it to buy off ISO among other things" -Microsoft
He looks more like he was on the receiving end of a squadron of rabid lawyers.
We hope your rules and wisdom choke you / Now we are one in everlasting peace
Law enforcement looks for people living or working near the unsecured router and that either would have had access to the media prior to airtime, or have established relationships with people that would have had access. If the FBI gets involved, I guarantee they'll at least figure out who the guy is before they lose the laptop with all the details of the case.
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Why is it I can write insightful comments but can't come up with a clever signature?
unlike my actual experience in real counter-terrorism ops
Sorry, neihter reading Tom Clancy nor playing his games qualify as real, counter-terrorism ops.
"I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismometer." -Ken Kesey
I spent seven years in the Army, and was a Sergeant. Now go back to your video games.
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What if the Hokey Pokey really is what it's all about?
I'm sorry, but you're not cleared to know that.
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Yes. Nobody likes a snitch.
Note too that copying and taking are not the same thing, which is why we have different words for them.
Times are changing. Today I copied someone else's lunch from the fridge at work.
Ah, shit. I was able to convince someone of my point of view on slashdot! That's a sign of the apocalypse! WE'RE DOOMED!!!
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Maybe this person should be suing Fox for airing the show that he released first, without his permission!
That's my e-mail address, you insensitive clod!