Topic: Viacom Inc.
YouTube creators cashed in big on sale to Google: documents
AFP Global Edition
YouTube's creators walked away with hundreds of millions of dollars after the startup was bought by Google in 2006, according to documents released in a copyright brawl between Viacom and Google. While former PayPal pals Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim each scored fortunes in Google stock by ...
Viacom, YouTube air dirty laundry in legal battle
AP News
Once-private records depict YouTube founder as video pirate, show Viacom wanted to buy YouTubeViacom Inc. and Google Inc.'s YouTube site began airing each other's dirty laundry Thursday, providing a tantalizing peek at the wheeling and dealing that triggered a bitter battle over the copyright laws governing the Internet ...
Nasty Google-Viacom billion-dollar battle goes public
AFP Global Edition
Court documents made public Thursday in a billion-dollar copyright battle between Viacom and Google accuse YouTube executives of posting stolen videos to rocket the startup to stardom. Viacom was also a target in filings with Google countering that the US entertainment giant foisted some of its own content onto YouTube ...
Viacom, Google accuse other of YouTube hypocrisy
Reuters US Online Report Business News
NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Viacom Inc accused Google Inc of turning a blind eye to illegal video clips on its YouTube site in a bid to attract viewers, according to court documents released on Thursday. Google countered that Viacom managers continued to secretly upload content to YouTube even after ...
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