YouTube under fire again
by Steve - Posted 09 May 2007
The English Premier League and an independent music publisher has joined media giant Viacom in suing YouTube for copyright infringement resulting from games and music being uploaded by users without permission. The Plaintiff's have claimed unspecified damages from YouTube and all profits gained from their use of the infringing material. The same DMCA and fair use arguments will probably be used in defending the matter, hopefully increasing the chance of a precedent being handed down on these contentious areas of copyright law.
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