Keith Watanabe * NET 2.0

Apparently, a judge ruled in the recent Viacom vs Google/YouTube case that Google/YouTube is to hand over the records of people's viewing habits, which is obviously a clear violation of people's privacy.  Earlier I read this and thought it was a joke, but apparently, this is no joke.

I urge everyone to stop viewing any of Viacom's products.  That company has done more damage to the world with their crappy MTV compared with any other media industry.  Heck, the makers of South Park had even stated in one of their episodes how MTV is solely responsible for damaging most of America (or in my opinion the entire world).  In a way that is ironic considering that Comedy Central is the parent company for both networks.  But that just goes to show how it's all inside jobs.

Well, the American justice system is just so damaged when it comes to copyright and intellectual property.  Funny how a company like MTV or VH1 can hold something with the words "intellectual" and manage to get away with major lawsuits.

Maybe someone should sue the US government and WTO to force everyone to change the entire notion of "intellectual property" to just assets.  If that were the case, I think people would have a better chance of arguing how most things cannot be protected since there's very little academic stimulation involved in all this.

Going back, I really hope that Google fights this case.  I hope even further that someone investigates the judge and finds out how much he was bribed behind the scenes by Viacom.  This is just plain wrong and it affects people not just in the US but around the world.

For myself, I don't have problem of Viacom shutting down entirely if one day people stop purchasing their goods, clicking on ads or draining them of resources after pirating their stuff.  I want them to go out of business.  I want all those people to lose their jobs and think even harder about being overly greedy.  I shed zero sympathy for any of the staff members. As long as they support that fascist company, to me they are nothing more than Nazi soldiers obeying an order for the simple sake of money.