20th Century Fox served YouTube with a subpoena Wednesday demanding the Google-owned viral video site disclose the identity of a user who uploaded copies of entire recent episodes of primetime series "24" and "The Simpsons." The subpoena, which first came to light on the blog Google Watch (http://googlewatch.eweek.com/index.html), was granted by a judge in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California after being filed by the News Corp.-owned studio on January 18.
One of the main gripes that Fox makes is that the episodes appeared on YouTube even before they broadcast on TV. So, it sounds like an insider… and it’s up to Google as to whether or not they will be exposed. I still have to wonder who would rather watch a hugely dithered version of the show instead of watching it on TV?
Source: Reuters