Viacom has finally won the war against YouTube over the illegal reposting of Viacom videos. A judge ruled that YouTube (and owner Google) is required to turn over information to Viacom, including every user's IP address and user name and a list of every video that user has ever watched on the service. Google is also required to give Viacom a copy of every video it has ever taken down from the YouTube service, regardless of the reason.

The usual user advocates are calling this a catastrophic failure of the courts to recognize users' right to privacy, but the courts have relied on Google's own defense of its data retention tactics (which holds that an IP address alone won't reveal personal information about a user) as a justification for the verdict.

Many are already speculating that Viacom will sue the users who watched the videos as a next step.

It's already being speculated that users will file a massive class action suit against Google in retaliation and they may win.