YouTube wants to depose Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart

Cory Bergman August 13th, 2007

Viacom and Google’s YouTube are in the discovery phase of their lawsuit, and Google says it wants to put Colbert and Stewart on the stand along with 30 others. “Both comedians have made favorable comments about YouTube and might be of use to the video-sharing site,” points out PaidContent. But it’s far from a done deal. “Courts don’t let you go on fishing expeditions,” explains one attorney. “If people are added for tactical reasons rather than for legal reasons it’s almost always scorned.”