YouTube Hands over User Histories including user's names and IP Address'

In March Viacom, filed suit against Google for more that $1 Billion in damages for allowing users to upload clips of copyrighted material.

"threatens to expose deeply private information," says The Electronic Frontier Foundation.

clipped from blog.wired.com Judge Orders YouTube to Give All User Histories to Viacom Google will have to turn over every record of every video watched by YouTube users, including users' names and IP addresses, to Viacom, which is suing Google for allowing clips of its copyright videos to appear on YouTube, a judge ruled Wednesday.