STEWART AND COLBERT CALLED TO GIVE EVIDENCE IN YOUTUBE LAWSUIT
Talk show hosts JON STEWART and STEPHEN COLBERT have been called to give evidence as file-sharing website YouTube fight against a $1 billion (£500 million) lawsuit filed by Viacom, the company that makes their programmes.
Viacom filed a lawsuit in March (07) after failing to reach a deal with YouTube and parent company Google, to distribute its shows.
Stewart and Colbert’s programmes were previously among the most popular clips on the video site - before the suit, Colbert even encouraged fans to upload his sketches.
The pair are listed three and four in a list of 32 people called on to give depositions - according to a document filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Viacom boss Sumner Redstone is number eight.
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