Summary Box: Court records show YouTube founders views on copyright
By APThursday, March 18, 2010
Summary Box: Records illuminate copyright dispute
THE REVELATIONS: YouTube co-founder Steve Chen once warned a fellow co-founder to stop posting pirated videos on their Web site. And Viacom Inc. wanted to buy YouTube before getting beat out by Google Inc.
NO MORE SECRETS: The confidential information had been kept under wraps, until now, in Viacom’s 3-year-old copyright lawsuit against the online video leader.
THE IMPETUS: A federal judge unsealed the documents Thursday ahead of pre-trial rulings expected in a few months.
Filed under: Google, Information Technology, Technology
Tags: Computing And Information Technology, Entertainment And Media Technology, Internet Technology, Online Media, Youtube
Tags: Computing And Information Technology, Entertainment And Media Technology, Internet Technology, Online Media, Youtube
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