Wednesday, June 23, 2010

YouTube wins Viacom copyright suit

Wow -- that was quick. Today Judge Louis Stanton granted summary judgment to YouTube and Google, holding that its activities in hosting and disseminating user-uploaded videos was protected by the safe harbor found at Section 512(c) of the DMCA. More later...

1 comment:

  1. pwnt. And they won't win on appeal either. The logic in the case is rock solid. They're wasting everyone's time and money appealing.

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