Viacom tried to buy YouTube

Courtesy Digg - Business & Finance  Thu, 03/18/2010 - 16:36

Less than a year before Viacom filed a $1 billion copyright claim against Google and YouTube, the parent company of MTV and Paramount Pictures was interested in acquiring the video-sharing site, according to claims made by Google in court documents.


 

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