Cyber Poems

In an altercation that had been continuing for a long time, amidst the two companies, YouTube attacks Viacom, stating that it is guilty of uploading video to its site. YouTube has recently attacked Viacom stating that it is resorting to the use of fake email addresses in order to upload videos to its site, and this was done after ‘roughing them up’ so that it would resemble material that had been procured by unfair means.

The altercation has started before Google had bought YouTube in the recent past, and is due, chiefly due to the fact that Viacom has categorically stated that YouTube regularly gave permission to its users for the purpose of uploading as well as watching television and additional movie content and this is supposed to be restricted by means of copyright (see UK broadband providers for information on your ISP download limits). Instances of violation were given like MTV Unplugged and South Park, in the recent past, and subsequently, Viacom resorted to a £497m copyright contravention lawsuit against its rival, YouTube, amidst claims that it had sought approximately 160,000 TV clips which were telecast without prior permission.

The row escalated in the recent past, when Viacom ordered Google to let go of its YouTube user data for the purpose of substantiating its lawsuit-and this order led to serious public concern related with matters of privacy. YouTube stated their defense on the basis of laws that categorically emphasize the fact that publishers are not accountable for material that have been primarily posted by the users.

In the current round of vengeance, retaliation was foremost in the mind of YouTube and this is evident in the comments by Zahavah Levine who is YouTube’s chief counsel and this was stated in his blog post, that Viacom had been making furtive and secretive plans, for many years for the purpose of uploading their content to YouTube, while simultaneously publicly grumbling about their presence in the site. To achieve their devious ends, they had recruited almost 18 varied marketing agencies for the purpose of uploading the contents to the site. It had purposely ‘roughed up’ the videos so that they would resemble stolen or revealed videos.

This altercation has been a matter of considerable interest for the observers, and the case is due to be settled in the near future.