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Google and Viacom Battle

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Watch this video about Google and Viacom on HowStuffWorks. Media conglomerate Viacom is suing Google and its video sharing website YouTube for more than a billion dollars, but Google says it will introduce technology that will help identify pirated video uploaded by users. See how the feud between Google and Viacom works in this video from Reuters.

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