Youtube and Copyright VIACOM goes after Youtube VIACOM VIACOM The BILL Viacom is currently in a court battle suing YouTube for allowing the users to post these shows, or segments of these shows, without the permission of Comedy Central or any of its other networks. VIACOM wants to control distribution of its products on sites like youtube that allow users to post popular shows like South Park, The Daily Show, and the Colbert Report. Unauthorized posting of shows. These shows include: •South Park •The Daily Show •The Colbert Report VIACOM Is a media system which owns: MTV VH1 CMT Logo BET CENTRIC Nickelodeon Nick Jr. TeenNick Nicktoons Nick at Nite Comedy Central TV Land SPIKE Tr3s Paramount Channel Viva The BILL Viacom wanted ONE BILLION DOLLARS ($1,000,000,000) from Google for their perceived misdeeds. In addition to this, Viacom was an enthusiastic supporter of SOPA, while Google and other companies were fighting against it. This occurred during the court battle between Viacom and Google. Because SOPA never got passed, and agreement had to be reached between both companies. Viacom Currently has a net-worth of 5 billion dollars!

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