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Viacom: Google hated YouTube’s pirated content too

Juha-Matti Laurio [PersonRank 10]

Friday, April 16, 2010
14 years ago2,402 views

http://digital.venturebeat.com/2010/04/15/viacom-google-documents/

"Viacom has released a new set of documents that the media conglomerate says bolsters its copyright lawsuit against Google. In Viacom’s words, it’s hoping to show that when the search giant acquired YouTube in 2006, it made “a deliberate, calculated business decision” to profit from copyright infringement and “to use the threat of copyright infringement to try to coerce rights owners like Viacom into licensing their content on Google’s terms.”
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ianf [PersonRank 10]

14 years ago #

My, “[Google made] a deliberate, calculated business decision” – What Were They Thinking????? Did They Expect to Get Away With It!!!!!!

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