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15 March 2007
No more free South Park? YouTube Facing Viacom Lawsuit
Days may be numbered for free TV utopia
If media conglomerate Viacom gets its way, the days of watching South Park, The Daily Show and other favourites on YouTube may be numbered. Viacom, owner of US TV channel Comedy Central, is suing the website for making copyrighted material available to viewers illegally.
One and a half billion people across the internet have reportedly watched clips on the site.
In February, Viacom told YouTube to stop hosting more than 100,000 clips from their programmes. Viacom claim they have the interests of the shows' creators at heart, but South Park team Trey Parker and Matt Stone have publicly stated that they have no problems with unauthorised downloading.
YouTube (recently bought by Google) could be facing a legal bill of up to $1 billion.
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