It seems that angry YouTube users are showing their discontent through the use of their freedom of speech...and by making videos aimed at telling Viacom exactly how they feel. A few days ago the Viacom/Google battle was in full swing (read the blog about YouTube user losing their Internet privacy), now Newsfactor is reporting on the backlash against Viacom's legal win over Google, forcing Google to give up all sorts of information about their YouTube users.
The copyright infringement lawsuit (for $1 billion) has angered users since now all of their information is being given up to Viacom so that the company can analyze the way viral videos vs copyrighted videos are viewed. While one good thing is that Viacom was not given YouTube's source code, user information was not safe from Viacom.
Angry users have been making videos urging the boycott of Viacom.
While the gigantic corporation is busy picking on YouTube users, they can't take a moment to comment on the subject. Instead they released a comment on the company's website stating, "A recent discovery order by the federal court hearing the case of Viacom v. YouTube has triggered concern about what information will be disclosed by Google and YouTube and how it will be used. Viacom has not asked for and will not be obtaining any personally identifiable information of any YouTube user." Well, I feel safe now...I am definitely positive that my information is safe and that Viacom will be responsible with it. Besides, if I can't trust a large corporation with very large financial incentives that go against my best interests, who can I trust?
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