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Google Slams Viacom For Secret YouTube Uploads

Posted by timothy on from the when-back-channels-collide dept.

An anonymous reader writes with this excerpt from Reuters: "Google, Inc. accused Viacom, Inc. of secretly uploading its videos to YouTube even as the media conglomerate publicly denounced the online video site for copyright infringement, according to court documents made public on Thursday." As "statements from the corporate counsel's office" go, this post on the YouTube blog is pretty hot reading.

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  1. Smells like bullshit by Locke2005 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    What proof does YouTube have that any videos were actually uploaded by Viacom?

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    I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
  2. Incredible blunder for Viacom by Presto+Vivace · · Score: 0, Redundant

    they look like idiots.

  3. Re:Wow. by UnknownSoldier · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ... your data, and data usage patterns. There is a reason they call it "data-mining" ...