ALEX CHADWICK, host: This is DAY TO DAY from NPR News. I'm Alex Chadwick.</s>MADELEINE BRAND, host: I'm Madeleine Brand.</s>ALEX CHADWICK, host: Madeleine, I know you're going to be happy to hear this. More news out today that gives me a chance to talk a little bit more about the future of television.</s>MADELEINE BRAND, host: Oh, Alex, I'm thrilled. You talked about the five best ideas in TV all last week. And, what, you have another one?</s>ALEX CHADWICK, host: Well, not exactly, just more news. It is this: Viacom is suing Google for $1 billion for copyright infringement. Viacom owns MTV and Google owns YouTube.</s>MADELEINE BRAND, host: One billion, with a B?</s>ALEX CHADWICK, host: Yeah.</s>MADELEINE BRAND, host: What is Viacom claiming Google did?</s>ALEX CHADWICK, host: Well, it's saying that YouTube is playing more than 160,000 unauthorized video clips from Viacom's cable networks - and this is something we mentioned in our TV series that might be a problem for Google, which is trying to figure out how to make a business of YouTube - this is copyright infringement.</s>MADELEINE BRAND, host: So what will happen if they have to remove all their clips?</s>ALEX CHADWICK, host: Well, you know, maybe it will make YouTube a less attractive place, because these clips turned out to be very, very popular among viewers or more likely YouTube and Google will, at some point, work out a deal with Viacom because getting more people to watch this stuff really is in everybody's interest.</s>MADELEINE BRAND, host: All right, Alex, well, thank you for that update.</s>ALEX CHADWICK, host: Madeleine, you're welcome.
Viacom is suing Google for $1 billion, alleging copyright infringement. Google's subsidiary, YouTube, allows people to post video on the Internet. Viacom alleges that YouTube is playing more than 160,000 unauthorized video clips.