Viacom International, Inc. et al v. Youtube, Inc. et al

Filing 210

DECLARATION of William M. Hohengarten (Part Six) Ex. 112 - Part 1 in Support re: 176 MOTION for Partial Summary Judgment /Viacom's Notice of Motion for Partial Summary Judgment on Liability and Inapplicability of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act Safe Harbor Defense.. Document filed by Country Music Television, Inc., Paramount Pictures Corporation, Viacom International, Inc., Black Entertainment Television, LLC, Comedy Partners. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 112 - Part 2, # 2 Exhibit 112 - Part 3, # 3 Exhibit 112 - Part 4, # 4 Exhibit 113, # 5 Exhibit 114, # 6 Exhibit 115, # 7 Exhibit 116, # 8 Exhibit 117, # 9 Exhibit 118, # 10 Exhibit 119, # 11 Exhibit 120, # 12 Exhibit 121, # 13 Exhibit 122, # 14 Exhibit 123, # 15 Exhibit 124, # 16 Exhibit 125, # 17 Exhibit 126, # 18 Exhibit 127, # 19 Exhibit 128, # 20 Exhibit 129, # 21 Exhibit 130, # 22 Exhibit 131, # 23 Exhibit 132, # 24 Exhibit 133, # 25 Exhibit 134 - Part 1, # 26 Exhibit 134 - Part 2, # 27 Exhibit 134 - Part 3, # 28 Exhibit 134 - Part 4)(Kohlmann, Susan)

To: "Todd Pollak" .:[e-mail]~

From: "Heather Gillette" .:[e-mail]~

Cc: "Hunter Walk" .:[e-mail]~, "Rajas Moonka" .:[e-mail]~, "[e-mail]" .:[e-mail];:, "Micah Schaffer" .:[e-mail]~ Bcc: 2007-03-2215:56:22 CST Received Date: Re: You Tube/Google Video Subject:

Todd,
That would need to be either me or Micah depending on how far out this migh= be. Micah would be a better bet time wise. He is [e-mail] and I have cc'd him here.

Heather

On 3/22/07, Todd Pollak .:[e-mail]~ wrote:
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~ Thanks for your help Heather. i will pass along this information to ~ eBay. Should eBay request an audience with YouTube/GVideo to discuss the=e ~ topics, who would be the appropriate persons to address these issues?
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~ Thanks\

~ Todd
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~ It appears that eBay is planning on running a contest that would invovle ~ users uploading videos.
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~ On 3/21/07, Heather Gillette.: [e-mail]~ wrote:
~~ ~ ~ Hello all, ~~ ~ ~ On point number one I am not sure what you are asking. I suppose you ~ ~ might be talking about links maybe listed in the descriptions that acco=pany ~ ~ videos? If this gets pointed out to my team via support email or throug= the

~ ;: flagging of the video, we would remove it. There is also the case of p=ople ~ ~ leaving comments and attempting to put a link in the comments. If this=is ;: ;: what you are referring to, we block the entry of URLs in the comment te=t. ;: ;: ~ ;: For point number 2, we handle this in 2 different ways. First, we reac= ;: ;: to user flags as Hunter explained and determine a flagged video's fate =ased ;: ;: on our content guidelines:
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http://gweb.corp.google.com/consumeroperations/site.cgi?tab=video&sid==videolvdeoSideMain.html&page=vid eo/policyYouTubeMain.html . ~ ;: Second, we pro-actively screen any videos and/or users that we are ;: ~ highlighting on our "honors" pages (most watched, most subscribed, most

~ ~ discussed, etc.) and remove, or restrict these videos/users such that t=ey
~ ~ won't be on the site at all, or they won't be highlighted if we deem th= ;: ~ video as needing to be restricted. As a side note, 75% of all videos t=at ~ ~ have been flagged are removed within 200 seconds. Our users find this ;: ;: inappropriate content very quickly, and my team also gets to them extre=ely ~ ;: fast. As a result, bad content is really hard to find on the site. ~~

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~ ;: Hope this helps, and please let me know if you have any further

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;: ;: On 3/21/07, Hunter Walk .:[e-mail] ~ wrote: ~~~ ~ ~ ~ hi todd ~ ~;:

~ ~ ~ good to meet you. I'm cc:ing Heather Gillette who runs the content ~ ~ ~ review/ops team for YouTube.
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~ ~ ~ i don't know the answer to #1 (but perhaps heather does).
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~ ~ ~ WRT #2 we rely primarily on user flagging and the fingerprinting of ~ ~ ~ files we've removed already. Heather can give a richer answer along w=th the ~ ~ ~ way we position it to external parties such as eBay.
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~ ~ ~ hope this helps
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~ ~;: On 3/21/07, Todd Pollak.: [e-mail] ~ wrote:
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~ ~ ~ ~ Hi Hunter,

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~ ~ ~ ;: i work in DSO and am responsible for the global paid advertising ~ ~ ~ ~ relationship between Google and eBay. Questions from eBay regardin= GV and ~ ~ ~ ~ YouTube filtering technology came through yesterday. Rajas had sug=ested ~ ~ ~ ;: you might be able to answer. ~~~~
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1. How do you ensure links are genuine? (i.e. not to spoof or phishing sites, cloaked, etc.) 2. How do you find/preventlremov e illegal or inappropriate content? (porn, hate, drugs.. .etc.)

~ ;: ;: ~ I appreciate your help.
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~;:;: ~ Todd
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~;:;: ~ From: Rajas Moonka .:[e-mail]~
~ ~ ~ ~ Date: Mar 20, 2007 10:23 PM ~ ~ ;: ~ Subject: Re: You Tube/Google Video

~;: ~ ~ To: Todd Pollak .:[e-mail] ~
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~ ~ ~ ;: i can't speak to the former. You should talk to Hunter Walk about ~ ~ ~ ~ YT and Orkut about GV.
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~ ~ ~ ~ For CTP, we review each ad in the approval bin; we have human ~ ~ ~ ~ reviewers to make sure the ads comply to our policies.
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~ ;: ~;: On 3/20/07, Todd Pollak .:[e-mail] ;: wrote:
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~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Assume both.

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;: ~ ~ ~ ~ On 3/20/07, Rajas Moonka.: [e-mail] ~ wrote:
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~ ~ ~ ~;: ~ Are these questions about placing content on Google Video and

~ ~ ~ ~ ;: ~ YouTube?
;: ;: ;: ;: ;: ;: About paid CTP ads on the content network?

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~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ On 3/20/07, Todd Pollak.: [e-mail] ~ wrote:

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~ ;:;:;:;:;: ~ Questions from eBay regarding video...for both YouTube and
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Google...

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;: ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ;: ---------- Forwarded message ---------~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ From: Ravella, Meena.: [e-mail]~ ~ ~ ;: ~ ~ ~ ~ Date: Mar 20, 2007 2: 13 PM

~ ~ ;: ~;: ~ ~ Subject: You Tube/Google Video

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~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ To: Todd Pollak .: [e-mail]~

;: ;: ~ ~ ;: ;: ~ Hi T odd-

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~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ i had a few very specific questions about video. i was hoping ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ you could help identify the correct people from YouTube and G=ogle Video to

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1. How do you ensure links are genuine? (i.e. not to

;: ~;:;: ~ ~ ~ spoof or phishing sites, cloaked, etc.)

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2. How do you find/prevent/remove illegal or

inappropriate content? (porn, hate, drugs.. .etc.)

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Any insight you can provide to us about future process and/or

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ technology solutions that would make our trust/safety folks c=mfortable
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;: ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Thanks,

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~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Meena

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~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ;: *Meena Ravella* ~ ;: ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Director, Internet Marketing ~ ;: ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ eBay, Inc.

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