Viacom’s Copyright Suit Against Google’s YouTube Reinstated [View all]
Source: Bloomberg
Google Inc. (GOOG)’s YouTube video-sharing website must defend itself against claims that it violated Viacom Inc. (VIAB)’s copyrights by letting users post clips from shows including “The Colbert Report” without authorization, an appeals court ruled.
The U.S. Court of Appeals in Manhattan today reversed a lower court’s decision to throw out the case before trial. The lower-court judge had said YouTube was protected from liability because it removed infringing videos when notified.
“A reasonable jury could find that YouTube had actual knowledge or awareness of specific infringing activity on its website,” a two-judge panel said in a 39-page decision.
Viacom sued in 2007, seeking $1 billion in damages and claiming that YouTube users were illegally uploading thousands of videos of Viacom television programs, such as “South Park” and “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart,” and movies from its Paramount Pictures studio.
Read more: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-05/google-s-youtube-must-defend-viacom-suit-appeals-court-says-1-.html
Viacom properties (like The Daily Show and Colbert Report) have their own video services online and thus want the traffic.
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