Here's the latest in the Viacom vs. Google/YouTube suit: http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/google/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=208802490
That's way over the line and the potential consequences of that ruling for the future is grave. I suspect that Judge didn't realize the full scope of what he just did.
Perhaps in advance Viacom shopped their case to a judge who would more likely rule in their favor - can one say "rigging"?
A move like this was to be expected from a company that did for television what Clear Channel did for radio...