As part of a complaint for breach of copyright, Google and Viacom have submitted to the court various documents. According to Google, Viacom, which wanted to buy YouTube would have used intermediaries to upload videos, documenting the complaint.
The dispute between Google and Viacom, parent of MTV and Paramount Pictures, was in March 2007, when Viacom filed a complaint for “massive and deliberate violation of copyright.”
Viacom impeaches YouTube and its founders, who conceded the platform to Google, have distributed 160,000 video clips belonging, and with the main motivation to increase site traffic streaming free.
Viacom would have used 18 agencies to disseminate clips.
On March 18, in the trial, both companies have produced documents to the judge’s attention. Whether the next Google or one of Viacom, the charges are serious and highlight the manipulation on both sides.
In a document of 100 pages, Google accused Viacom of leading a crusade against YouTube for strictly interested. Google and the complainant aver to have helped, using intermediaries, putting online videos on YouTube.
In the official blog, the Chief Legal Officer of YouTube, Zahavah Levine assures that Viacom has for years steady and secret posted videos. Viacom would use the services of 18 agencies, marketing and even sent employees in Canada responsible for uploading clips. Purpose of the maneuver: hide the participation of the group.
Google proffers another motivation for these alleged actions. The resentment of Viacom with respect to the streaming site would comprise the readiness of the company to buy YouTube to distribute content from MTV. To support the argument, Google relies on an email internal Viacom.
Viacom has its hand for a different version. According to Viacom, citing internal e-mails, the founders of YouTube have voluntarily permitted the dissemination of these clips for the sole purpose of increasing site traffic and hence increase its value in the context of an assignment to a third.
Upon the sale of YouTube to Google, Steve Chen, Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim have respectively reached 334, 301 and 66 million dollars. Google responds to Viacom, explicating that the remarks assigned to the founders of YouTube have been purposely taken out of context. Both parties have until April 30 to deliver against their arguments.