YouTube's parent company Google is being forced to disclose information regarding every video viewed online, including all the user names and web addresses which are to be submitted to Viacom who are pursuing a $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit. Google will however be able to retain the code it uses as this is protected. Viacom filed the lawsuit back in March 2007 to prevent Google from posting masses of material online that was protected by copyright laws. Google had maintained that this would be an invasion of privacy to its users, but this was over ruled and Judge Stanton ordered the release of the data. With over 100 million videos being viewed everyday that's a lot of data! Viacom is not alone in it's attack on the posting of copyrighted material. The English Premier League is also after YouTube for its users...
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