> [Viacom document] "User generated content should never be monitored. Something that can't bear enough repeating is that the User Abuse Team and Atom Entertain

> [Viacom document] "User generated content should never be monitored. Something that can't bear enough repeating is that the User Abuse Team and Atom Entertainment in general, does not and should not, actively monitor any of its web sites for content violations regarding content submitted or generated by its users." The uglier this gets the harder I laugh. There are some real gems in an earlier article[1]. > In addition, "Viacom has altered its own videos to make them appear stolen, like 'footage from the cutting room floor, so users feel they have found something unique.'" The final result, says Google, is that there's just no way to tell, short of a notice from the company, what works must be taken down. Viacom deserves every bit of grief they are getting and more. [1]: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/03/smoking-guns-dark-secrets-spilled-in-youtube-viacom-filings.ars/2 http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/03/smoking-guns...