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Judge Orders YouTube to Give All User Histories to Viacom

(Posted on  Wired  about 1 month ago)

Google must turn over records of everyone who has watched YouTube videos to Viacom, which is suing the internet giant for copyright infringement. A rights group says the order violates the law and invades users' privacy. (visit source article)
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