US court orders Viacom to be given all YouTube usernames, IP addresses and viewing histories
It’s been a week in which big business concerns have really shown their claws, what with Virgin Media colluding with the BPI in sending out letters to customers threatening them with disconnection (something Virgin now says was a “mistake”) and now Viacom getting some stupid judge in the US to order Google to disclose the viewing habits of everybody in the entire world who has ever watched a video on YouTube.
tags: Google, privacy, rights, Viacom, YouTubeEarth Hour
Earth Hour starts in Sydney, Australia, at 20.00 (0900GMT) today. Lights will be turned off for an hour to highlight the threat of climate change. Other participants around the world including London, Chicago, and Bangkok, will follow suit when their clocks reach 20.00 local time.
Despite being a keen news-hawk, I’ve only just found out about this, although apparently Google will be marking the day by putting a dark background on its home page. That’s nice.
tags: climate change, Earth Hour, electricity, fossil fuels, global warming, Google, lightsLower price and download option now added for poetry collection
The listed price of my 130-page poetry collection google sex mp3 britney+spears world+cup has been reduced from £17.95 to £15.00. Not bad at all for a large-format hardback. A paperback version will be published later in 2008, but you can now also download the book in its entirety for just £5.00. Click here to place your order today!
Downloads are available immediately upon purchase, delivery times of the hardback edition will vary according to your country and whichever postage option you choose.
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