“ The court’s order grants Viacom’s request and erroneously ignores the protections of the federal Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA), and threatens to expose deeply private information about what videos are watched by YouTube users. The VPPA passed after a newspaper disclosed Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork’s video rental records. As Congress recognized, your selection of videos to watch is deeply personal and deserves the strongest protection.
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Court Ruling Will Expose Viewing Habits of YouTube Users - EFF - July 2nd
The EFF is correct here. The court is wrong.
(via bijan)
agreed 100%. There is absolutely NO reason why Viacom needs this much information. And regardless of what Via says, i don’t believe that they will be able to sift, sort and prioritize that much info anyway.
Ultimately, a ruling like this makes me wonder who is more clueless in this age; Lawmakers or Old Media?
