Video-sharing Web site YouTube will shield the identities of users when it hands over viewer data to Viacom and others involved in a $1 billion copyright-infringement lawsuit, according to an agreement.In addition, the agreement stipulates that Viacom and the other companies will not circumvent YouTube’s encryption in order to reveal identities.
Privacy and Internet experts said the case underscores More»

Viacom wants to know which videos YouTube employees have watched and uploaded to the site, and Google is refusing to provide that information, CNET News has learned.
This dispute is the reason the two More»

It is being reported that the man who held the toughest job at Google, Shashi Seth, head of monetization for YouTube has left the company for greener pastures – after only a year on the job.
“I More»

As the Viacom Google legal battle over YouTube clip copyright issues intensifies Google has tried to knock the rhetorical ball back into Viacom’s court stating today in papers filed with the judge More»