
Lawsuit alleges that thousands of unauthorised clips of Viacom's programming have been viewed on YouTube more than 1.5 billion times
Media company Viacom International is suing online video provider YouTube and its parent company, Google, for more than US$1 billion, saying the companies are infringing on Viacom's copyrights because almost 160,000 unauthorised video clips are available for viewing on YouTube.
New York-based Viacom also says it is seeking an injunction prohibiting Google and YouTube from further copyright infringement. Google acquired YouTube in November for US$1.65 billion.
Full article: Computerworld

