Viacom are the latest media company to ask YouTube to remove copyrighted content off its system, or at least that's what online reports suggest. Word has it the video sharing platform has been through and removed all segments from shows made by Viacom owned Comedy Central, including The Daily Show, The Colbert Report and South Park. However, neither Viacom or YouTube have officially commented, and many other shows owned by the media conglom are still up there on the video sharing site, so who knows? Given that half the music videos on the system are clearly nabbed off Viacom owned MTV or VH1, it will be interesting to see what would happen if the media company ordered them to be removed, even though the owners of many of the videos themselves have granted permission for them to be featured.
Oct 31, 2006
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YouTube reportedly removes Comedy Central clips after Viacom request
Online reports suggest YouTube has removed Comedy Central segments at Viacom's request, though neither company has officially commented.