Entertainment giant Viacom Media says it will sue web search engine Google and its video-sharing website YouTube for $1bn (£517m).

Viacom alleges that about 160,000 unauthorised clips of its programmes have been loaded onto YouTube’s site and viewed more than 1.5 billion times.

That’s the way to sue them :-) And also, Google shares decreased by 2.6%

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Viacom has come up with a solution to its ongoing copyright battle with Google's YouTube: give its content to someone who is willing to protect its copyrights. Enter Joost.com. The site, which went by the name The Venice Project until recently, is on the cusp of inking the deal Google hasn't been able to close despite months of negotiations, the Wall Street Journal reports. Viacom will provide Joost hundreds of hours of licensed programming from Viacom cable networks such as MTV and Comedy Central as well as movies from Viacom-owned Paramount studios.

Should we say “Go Joost“?

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