YouTube wins copyright case with Viacom

Media giant Viacom just can’t win — at least when it comes to the company’s long-running, landmark copyright infringement lawsuit against Google‘s YouTube video service. A federal judge handed a major victory to YouTube on Thursday, one year after a federal appeals court breathed new life into Viacom’s $1 billion lawsuit. Viacom had accused YouTube of illegally hosting videos that infringe on the company’s intellectual property, including popular content like MTV videos and TV shows like Comedy Central’s “South Park.” U.S.

US entertainment giant Viacom asked an appeals court to overturn a judge's June decision to toss out its billion-dollar copyright lawsuit against YouTube.Viacom attorneys argued in a filing that US District Court Judge Louis Stanton was wrong to rule that YouTube was protected by provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA).Google general counsel Kent Walker declared Stanton's ruling "an important victory not just for us, but also for the billions of people around the world who use the Web to communicate and share experiences with each other."

A federal judge on Thursday ruled against Viacom in its epic copyright infringement case against YouTube, reports Eriq Gardner at the Hollywood Reporter.

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A US appeals court on Thursday revived a billion-dollar lawsuit filed by entertainment giant Viacom accusing Google-owned website YouTube of knowingly profiting from pirated video clips.The judge handling the appeal reversed a lower court's decision two years ago to toss out the case, saying that "a reasonable jury could find that YouTube had actual knowledge or specific awareness of infringing activity on its website."Viacom sued Google and YouTube in March 2007, arguing that they condoned pirated video clips at the website to boost its popularity.

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