Twentieth Century Fox has subpoenaed YouTube
to discover who uploaded four episodes of the popular TV show 24 before they
aired on television. Four episodes which served as the season premiere of the
show ended up on YouTube, uploaded by a user only known as "ECOtotal," according
to the subpoena from Jane Sunderland, vice president of content protection for
Twentieth Century Fox. The subpoena was filed in the U.S. District Court for the
Northern District of California on Jan. 18 via Fox's parent company, News
Corporation. The episodes finally aired on live TV January 14 and 15, 2007.