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YouTube Releases Identity of TV Show Uploader to Fox

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 13, 2007 - 12:25pm.
Random Shadow Profile via FlickrMountain View, Calif. - Google's YouTube video-sharing service has complied with subpoenas from 20th Century Fox that demanded the identity of a user who uploaded episodes of "24" and "The Simpsons" -- some before their initial broadcasts -- to the site, internetnews.com reported. In addition to YouTube, the video-sharing site Live Digital also complied with a Fox subpoena. The YouTube user "ECOtotal" and Live Digital user "Jorge Romero" were targeted in the Fox court filings, and will now be identified by the companies for Fox.

tags: Video | Piracy | Fox | Google | YouTube | Copyright | User-Generated | Live Digital | ECOtotal |