Viacom Sues Google for $1 Billion
Viacom has sued Google, alleging copyright infringement from video-sharing site YouTube and
seeking $1 billion in damages.
About Viacom :
Viacom is a media conglomerate whose properties include MTV, VH1, Nickelodeon, Nick at Nite, Comedy Central and Paramount Pictures.
The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, follows a Digital Millennium Copyright Act request Viacom sent to Google last month related to the unauthorized posting of Viacom videos to YouTube.
At the time, Viacom demanded that Google remove over 100,000 of its clips from YouTube, which Google acquired last year for $1.65 billion. Google said it would comply with the request.
Almost 160,000 Viacom video clips have been uploaded to YouTube without permission and have been viewed over 1.5 billion times.
And here is a video message to Viacom made by FantasticBabblings on Youtube
Have a look at the video here : Message to Viacom .The message included at youtube is…