Judge dismisses Viacom's $1 billion copyright suit against YouTube
Cecilia Kang
WashPost blog
A federal judge dismissed Viacom’s $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit against YouTube, after a three-year battle that raised questions about how Web sites can use and share original content.
Judge Louis Stanton, of the U.S. District Court of the Southern District Court of New York, ruled in favor of Google, which owns YouTube, saying a “safe habor” in the Digital Millenium Copyright Act protected the search giant because the firm immediately took down videos owned by Viacom when the clips were discovered.
“When they received specific notice that a particular item infringed a copyright, they swiftly removed it,” Stanton wrote in his summary judgement order released Wednesday. “It is uncontroverted that all the clips in suit are off the YouTube website, most having been removed in response to DMCA takedown notices.”
Those actions protected Google from liability for copyright violations, the judge said. But Viacom said in a statement that it will appeal the case.
(More here.)
WashPost blog
A federal judge dismissed Viacom’s $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit against YouTube, after a three-year battle that raised questions about how Web sites can use and share original content.
Judge Louis Stanton, of the U.S. District Court of the Southern District Court of New York, ruled in favor of Google, which owns YouTube, saying a “safe habor” in the Digital Millenium Copyright Act protected the search giant because the firm immediately took down videos owned by Viacom when the clips were discovered.
“When they received specific notice that a particular item infringed a copyright, they swiftly removed it,” Stanton wrote in his summary judgement order released Wednesday. “It is uncontroverted that all the clips in suit are off the YouTube website, most having been removed in response to DMCA takedown notices.”
Those actions protected Google from liability for copyright violations, the judge said. But Viacom said in a statement that it will appeal the case.
(More here.)
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