EPIC FAIL FOR ALL

"The reality is though that in most cases, an IP address without additional information cannot (identify you)." Google Public Policy Blog

Wow, that came around and bit everyone on the ass, didn't it?

Such a cacophony of disasters, I'm not sure what to roll my eyes at first - the mass treasure trove of data hoarded under the stairs, or Viacoms grab for the cookie jar.

Maybe it's the fact that the Judge ruling over this case is about six thousand years old and clearly wouldn't know what an Internet was if it hit him in the face, which I strongly suspect is about to happen.

The EFF blog has an update where Viacom claim they don't intend to go harassing individual Youtube users, but we've seen stuff like this enough times to know everything has a huge potential to go entirely tits up further down the line.

Samwell sums this up far better than I ever could: