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The question is, having got all those addresses, are they going to go after individuals like thee and me, or are they going to just make an example of Google?

I wonder too...

The thought have occured to me too Giles, but I think its more like the latter, at least I hope so.
Such a way to make this known to the world make me feel that.
Then again you cant be totally sure. Its obvious to me that they want to make an example, no doubt, but they also expose themselves in a way that make me shake my head and look at them as were they in a kindergarten! It seems so childish in a way.
Something is hidden for the public here, thats for sure, but we can only speculate at the moment.

I think they're trying to prove YouTube and Google are just feigning ignorance about the large number of copyright-infringing videos there by showing that they're not bothering to remove them because they're making a lot of money out of them because they're visited in preference to peoples home videos.

I see that US judges are every bit as prone to senility as British ones are. This idiot should be removed from the bench (or whatever the US equivalent is) before he causes any more harm. He is setting a very dangerous precedent here. There has been a steady erosion of the privacy rights of individuals over the last few years.......this decision doesn't so much erode rights, as blast the legs out from under them. Within the terms of the lawsuit, the request for details of all vids uploaded seems a reasonable request. However, the granting of the request to inclued the usernames and IP addresses of all YT users is not, it is a gross infringement of privacy. What restrictions has the judge placed on how Viacom can use this information? Nothing seems to have been said about that. While he may feel Viacom have a right to take action against those who infringe their copyrights, what about all the other information? Wil it just be handed back to YT unused? Or will Viacom be allowed to make it available to anyone else. It seems to me that "thee and me" do have a lot to be concerned about.
Personally I agree with YT's stance:

"Google has consistently denied that YouTube infringes copyright, saying that it takes down protected videos from the site when asked by content owners, as required by United States law.
After the lawsuit was filed, Google accused Viacom of "threatening the way millions of people legitimately exchange information, news, entertainment and political and artistic expression".