WTF! US Court Declares You Have No Privacy On YouTube
Date : 2008 07 03 Category : search engine optimization
Search Engine Land: News About Search Engines & Search MarketingYou have no privacy on YouTube. So effectively declared a US judge yesterday. And now somebody in the US government better stop grandstanding about search and privacy protection and actually get some laws enacted now. Yesterday's move might be the ultimate incentive, as US politicians realize that what they've watched on YouTube may now be open season.
I can appreciate Viacom's concern over copyright infringement on YouTube. But yesterday's ruling (PDF file) that it should be provided with data about EVERYONE who has used YouTube, including what they watched, is alarming. Viacom itself should do what the court did not and limit the data it takes.