Viacom videos still playing on Youtube

Viacom sued Google for more than $1 billion on Tuesday over alleged copyright violations by its YouTube video unit. Viacom has succeeded in winning the deletion of some of its content, but many popular clips are still easily available.
That fact underscored the challenges in policing one of the Internet's most popular sites, where content is supplied by an army of fans eager to share that hilarious bit from last week's Saturday Night Live or Family Guy.
Many popular clips on YouTube have come from shows that air on Viacom's family of television stations, which include MTV Networks' Comedy Central and Nickelodeon.
Viacom said nearly 160,000 unauthorized clips had been uploaded onto YouTube and viewed more than 1.5 billion times.

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Hey guys, I thought that this article was interesting since we have been watching YouTube videos so much in class. This article discusses how snippets of TV shows are being shown on Youtube without consent. Viacom took charge and sued Google, the owner of YouTube, for more than $1 billion. They called to have the videos pulled, but like the music industry's request it was denied. The only cooperation YouTube is receiving is from NBC who is allowing a certain number of videos to be aired. Hope you enjoy the article!

Lauren Barnett