A court has ruled that Google must turn over logs containing the “log-in ID of users, the computer IP address (online identifier) and video clip details” of every single video watched by every user on YouTube. This is the result of a class action copyright infringement lawsuit, brought against the video sharing site by Viacom (parent company of MTV, VH1, CBS and Paramount) and the Premier League football association. Google will also be required to “disclose to Viacom the details of all videos that have been removed from the site for any reason.”

So what does this mean, beyond the fact that multi-national corporations will now have evidence every time you watch semi-dirty Duran Duran videos or footage of Margaret Thatcher asking the media to “rejoice” that British troops have taken back the Falklands (yes, these are my two most recent YouTube searches)? The BBC has posted a good decoding of the ruling. Takeaways after the jump.

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