oh this ruling is scary

and i don't like it one bit. i think viacom has a RIGHT to request their videos be taken down if they want them down (it's a mistake though. same as comedy central did with the daily show and colbert). the more 'privacy' laws we have THE MORE OF MY DATA IS SHARED WITH STRANGERS WITHOUT MY PERMISSION

Judge Orders YouTube to Give All User Histories to Viacom

By Ryan Singel
Google will have to turn over every record of every video watched by YouTube users, including users' names and IP addresses, to Viacom, which is suing Google for allowing clips of its copyright videos to appear on YouTube, a judge ruled Wednesday.

Viacom wants the data to prove that infringing material is more popular than user-created videos, which could be used to increase Google's liability if it is found guilty of contributory infringement.

Viacom filed suit against Google in March 2007, seeking more than $1 billion in damages for allowing users to upload clips of Viacom's copyright material. Google argues that the law provides a safe harbor for online services so long as they comply with copyright takedown requests.

Although Google argued that turning over the data would invade its users' privacy, the judge's ruling (.pdf) described that argument as "speculative" and ordered Google to turn over the logs on a set of four tera-byte hard drives.....