VIACOM WON'T WITHDRAW LAWSUIT AGAINST GOOGLE'S YOUTUBE

Viacom said Tuesday that Google's announcement that it will install a filtering system aimed at preventing copyrighted movies and TV shows from being posted on its YouTube website will not cause the media giant to withdraw its $1-billion lawsuit against Google. "It doesn't have any impact," Viacom spokesman Jeremy Zweig told today's (Wednesday) Los Angeles Times. "Or at least it's very premature to try and figure out the impact it could have on the litigation." He pointed out that the new technology has no effect on alleged past damages suffered by Viacom as a result of illegal postings. "And we don't even know if the technology works yet."

17/10/2007