google victory in the you tube copyright lawsuit
by Steve - Posted 26 June 2010
Google have successfully defended the lawsuit brought against them by Viacom and its co-plaintiffs for direct and secondary copyright infringement involving copyright protected material being uploaded to You Tube. The New York district court ruled that Google were entitled to safe harbour protection under the Digital Millenium Copyright Act, and that general knowledge of copyright infringement on its site did not disqualify it from such protection. Viacom have said that they will appeal the decision.
Check out the ruling.
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