Tag: Viacom

YouTube Beats Viacom For Second Time
Viacom and Google (specifically YouTube) have been engaged in a legal battle for years, as Viacom accused the site of illegally hosting its property. Though Viacom has lost thi...
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DirecTV Customers Not The Only Ones To Lose Viacom Programming
As previously reported, Viacom and DirecTV have been unable to reach an agreement to keep DirecTV customers getting programming from Viacom....
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Daniel Tosh Hopes Viacom And DirecTV Squash Their Beef Before Next Week
Update: Viacom has pulled shows from its sites now, so...
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South Park Cites Fair Use, Wins “What What (In The Butt)” Infringement Case
According to a ruling from the 7th U.S. circuit Court of Appeals, Butters is not a copyright infringer. The court upheld a lower court decision that ruled Viacom's Comedy Part...
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Viacom, Time Warner Settle Mobile App Dispute
Viacom and Time Warner Cable have settled their legal dispute over Time Warner's TWC TV iOS app. Time Warner customers will begin to have access to a variety of Viacom programming...
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Viacom Stomps on Adam Yauch’s Grave
After the recent death of Beastie Boy Adam Yauch, Chappelle Show co-creator Neil Brennen (he's the one taking notes when Chappelle and his friends were hanging out) posted a video...
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Sergey Brin: Hollywood Is Shooting Itself in the Foot
Google co-founder Sergey Brin spoke with The Guardian over the weekend and of...
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YouTube Ordered to Answer to Viacom Suit
Google-owned YouTube has been newly ordered t...
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Amazon, Viacom Partner To Increase Amazon Prime Instant Video Selection
As a result of a digital licensing agreement with Viacom, Amazon announced today that Amazon Prime members will now be able to instantly stream television shows from MTV, Comedy Ce...
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Video Game Trailer Offers Exercise in Upcoming SOPA Futility
Apparently, if you want to promote your video game, or members of the company that developed it through the use of online video hubs like YouTube, you had better make sure Viacom d...
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Viacom’s Ridiculous SOPA Support Pitch Video
That's Professor Chaos from South Park which appears on Comedy Central, which is owned by Viacom. The reason the image is leading this post is because it's Viacom's intel...
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YouTube And Viacom: Viacom Refuses to Accept the Loss
Apparently, one of the main rules of corporate level lawsuits is if you at first don't get your way, try, try again until you find a judge that agrees with your constant complainin...
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YouTube – Viacom Brief Filed
In case anyone was wondering, YouTube hasn't decided to wave a white flag with respect to the legal battle that Viacom started in early 2007.  Indeed, lawyers representing the site...
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Stewart, Colbert Return To Hulu
Eleven months ago, The Daily Show and The Colbert Report were pulled from Hulu.  Fans complained in response.  Now the shows are back thanks to a wid...
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Viacom-YouTube Appeal Set To Proceed
More than four months after YouTube won a lawsuit filed by Viacom - and just one day after Google announced several new ways in which it'll try to aid copyright owners - it look...
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