What is Viacom really after in its $1 billion lawsuit against Google over YouTube? Despite a
lengthy invite list, Viacom PR was only to drum up "a small press gathering" to listen to CEO
Philippe Dauman at a screening for
Tropic Thunder last night, according to Greg Sandoval's report on News.com. Dauman called YouTube a "rogue company" — and expressed disappointment that Google did nothing to rein it in. Viacom's now being painted as a rogue itself, seeking to violate YouTube users' privacy in requesting viewing logs from the site.
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