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paraka ([personal profile] paraka) wrote2008-07-07 12:29 pm
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YouTube/Google Vs. Viacom

By now everyone has heard about the court order for Google to hand over all it's user data to Viacom right?

As fandom we're particularly vulnerable to copyright laws. What are your reactions to this decision?
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slippery slope to repeal freedom

[identity profile] lemonpiefirefly.livejournal.com 2008-07-07 05:36 pm (UTC)(link)
I am hoping we're heading for another 60s-style expansion of freedoms soon, because this spiral into McCarthyism and other Patriot Act and DRM bullshite is getting OLD.

This got way too long, and I don't see a way to do a cut in a reply, so I am moving the bulk of my rant over to my journal....
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[identity profile] kronos999.livejournal.com 2008-07-07 09:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Bill C-61 has taken up my righteous anger. I only have room left for despair. And a certain amount of frustration at people who aren't getting angry about all of this stuff or don't see why it matters. So, in summation, GAH!

[identity profile] paradise-city.livejournal.com 2008-07-08 01:31 am (UTC)(link)
That's...hmm. I don't know enough about the case to have an educated opinion (does it really matter if the copyrighted videos are more popular than user-generated videos or is that just a smokescreen for getting their hands on the data?), but I can see Viacom's point. It's a slippery slope, as someone else mentioned and I hope the ruling is reversed, but the problem is that in a lot of ways we really do violate copyright laws. It's nice to think that everyone will let it slide, but that's not the reality.

Interesting case, and I hadn't heard about it so thanks for posting.
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