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Re:Show HN: Spotter – Search for copies of videos on the int... by sp332 on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @09:22AM (#14307909)

It's hardly unspoken, Viacom sued them for a billion dollars way back before Google bought them. They only lost the case because they couldn't find evidence that YouTube execs mentioned any specific video when discussing the money they made from piracy.

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Re:Show HN: Spotter – Search for copies of videos on the int... by aphexbr on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @09:40AM (#14308053)

They fact that they included videos they had specifically authorised or uploaded themselves in the list of supposedly infringing videos couldn't have helped.

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Re:Show HN: Spotter – Search for copies of videos on the int... by frogpelt on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @10:12AM (#14308297)

One correction: Google bought YouTube in 2006. Viacom sued YouTube in 2007.

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Re:Show HN: Spotter – Search for copies of videos on the int... by sp332 on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @10:52AM (#14308644)

I guess that makes more sense, since YouTube wouldn't have had $1B to sue for. But the actions brought up in the trial were pre-acquisition.

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