Viacom and YouTube’s Dance Around: History Through Links

By Rafat Ali Mar. 13, 2007, 8:46pm Comments Off

The links below will give you an overview of previous history between the two companies around YouTube and video compliance efforts, arranged in reverse chronological order:
– Magnolia Pictures Subpoenas Google For Identities Of Copyright Violators
– YouTube’s Going Small in Hunt For Content Deals; Viacom’s Chest-Thumps On Numbers
– Google-CBS Deal Dead For Now; YouTube’s Tough Going With TV Networks
– Viacom’s YouTube Foil: Broad Licensing Deal With Joost
– Viacom Circumvents YouTube, Making MTV Networks’ Video Available To All Others
– Viacom-YouTube: Execs Duel In The Press; Cuban Calls For Action
– Viacom Demands That Google Pull More Than 100,000 Clips From YouTube; Site Is Complying
– Google In Frantic Talks To Halt YouTube’s Legal Threat; Offers Tens of Millions In Upfront Money
– YouTube Ties Up Wth MTV; First Formal Media Company Agreement