Friday, February 2, 2007

Viacom demands YouTube remove videos

AAGGGHH, is this the end of all those cool clips and vids I LIVE for???

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Viacom Inc. (NYSE:VIAB - news) on Friday demanded that Google Inc.'s (Nasdaq:GOOG - news) online video service YouTube remove more than 100,000 video clips after they failed to reach a distribution agreement.

Viacom said it sent a notice to YouTube on Friday morning, asking the popular video-sharing site to remove clips from Viacom-owned properties including MTV Networks and BET.

The media company controlled by Sumner Redstone said its pirated programs on YouTube has generated about 1.2 billion video streams, based on a study from an outside consultant.

A YouTube representative could not immediately be reached for comment

Check out the full story:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070202/tc_nm/viacom_youtube_dc


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