Appeals Court Revives Viacom Suit Against YouTube; New York Times, 4/5/12

Brian Stelter, New York Times; Appeals Court Revives Viacom Suit Against YouTube:

"A federal appeals court on Thursday reversed a lower court’s decision to throw out a $1 billion lawsuit filed against YouTube by Viacom and other media companies five years ago.

The copyright infringement suit, which has become a symbol of the clash between entrenched media companies and the upstarts that compete with them, sought damages for unauthorized video clips from shows like “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” that had been uploaded by users to YouTube."

Google's YouTube policy for Android users is copyright extremism; Guardian, 5/31/11

Cory Doctorow, Guardian; Google's YouTube policy for Android users is copyright extremism:

"Clearly, YouTube has something the entertainment industry wants – reach. And the entertainment industry has something YouTube wants – popular video. While it's true that the vast majority of video on YouTube is "home-made", or at least not the mainstream content produced by large commercial rights holders, there's no denying that there is lots of infringing material from the big studios and broadcasters up there too."

Viacom Replays Copyright Claims In YouTube Appeal; NPR, 12/3/10

NPR; Viacom Replays Copyright Claims In YouTube Appeal:

"Viacom Inc., the owner of MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon, is trying to revive a federal lawsuit that seeks more than $1 billion in damages from YouTube for showing tens of thousands of pirated video clips from its shows."

Viacom's billion-dollar lawsuit lives on; ArsTechnica.com, 8/12/10

Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica.com; Viacom's billion-dollar lawsuit lives on:

"The billion-dollar Viacom lawsuit against YouTube/Google trudges on. After a federal judge sided completely with YouTube in summary judgment, Viacom has now filed its appeal to take the case to the next level."

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