News Google’s Eric Schmidt: Viacom’s lawsuit is “just a mistake.” By - June 1, 2007 7 FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsAppLinkedinReddItEmail On stage at D5, on what will later be known as Google Day, Walt Mossberg asked Google CEO Eric Schmidt about the the $1 billion Viacom lawsuit against YouTube. “It was probably just a mistake,” he said. Link: news.com Category: Legal