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jambutty · 03-07-2008, 17:30

Just another nail in your “private life not so private anymore” coffin.

But the real issue is the posting of copyright material, like clips from movies or TV programmes.

“Viacom said it had identified about 160,000 unauthorised clips of its programmes on the website, which had been viewed more than 1.5 billion times.”

Why they want to know who viewed them is beyond me though, unless Viacom have an ulterior motive, like targeted advertising. If Viacom knows who viewed say a sci fi clip they would assume that the viewer was a sci fi fan and target them for buying/renting sci fi films books etc. Or they could be looking for payment from the viewers who view unauthorised clips of films, football etc.

I should have thought that viewing a clip or “trailer” of a film might encourage the viewer to buy the full package. But hey what do I know? I’m just an old geezer.

03-07-2008, 17:30	#12
jambutty Apprentice Geriatric Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Darwen, Lancashire Posts: 3,706 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 89	Re: How do you reckon this is going to affect AccyWeb? Just another nail in your “private life not so private anymore” coffin. But the real issue is the posting of copyright material, like clips from movies or TV programmes. “Viacom said it had identified about 160,000 unauthorised clips of its programmes on the website, which had been viewed more than 1.5 billion times.” Why they want to know who viewed them is beyond me though, unless Viacom have an ulterior motive, like targeted advertising. If Viacom knows who viewed say a sci fi clip they would assume that the viewer was a sci fi fan and target them for buying/renting sci fi films books etc. Or they could be looking for payment from the viewers who view unauthorised clips of films, football etc. I should have thought that viewing a clip or “trailer” of a film might encourage the viewer to buy the full package. But hey what do I know? I’m just an old geezer. __________________ Thanks for reading. If you have a few minutes to spare please visit my web site at http://popye.bravehost.com