Viacom has "backed off" from demands to divulge the viewing habits of every user who has ever watched a video on YouTube, the website has claimed.
Google had been ordered to provide personal details of millions of YouTube users to help Viacom prepare its case on alleged copyright infringement.
Google, owners of YouTube, will now hand over the database but without data that could identify users.
Viacom has a $1bn copyright infringement lawsuit against Google.
A class action by other organisations including the English Premier League has also agreed to the new terms.
"We are pleased to report that Viacom, MTV and other litigants have backed off their original demand for all users' viewing histories and we will not be providing that information," said a statement on the YouTube blog.
The decision will be welcomed by privacy activists, many of whom expressed concern over a US judge's order for Google to provide the data in early July.
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