YouTube wins copyright case with Viacom

Google protected under Digital Millennium Copyright Act

PTI | June 24, 2010



A US judge has threw out a copyright lawsuit filed against YouTube by US entertainment giant Viacom, handing the Google-owned video-sharing site a major legal victory.

"The court granted our motion for summary judgement in Viacom's lawsuit with YouTube," Google vice president and general counsel Kent Walker said in a blog post.

Walker said the judge had decided that YouTube was protected by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act against Viacom's claims of copyright infringement.

"This is 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," Walker said.

US movie and television giant Viacom sued Google and YouTube for a billion dollars two years ago, arguing that they condoned pirated video clips at the website to boost its popularity.

Viacom's empire includes many youth-oriented networks like MTV and VH1 along with the Paramount and DreamWorks movie studios.

YouTube was a year-old Internet sensation when Google bought it in a USD 1.65-billion stock deal in 2006.

 

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