Reuters: Technology News: Viacom video lawsuit vs Google's YouTube revived

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Viacom video lawsuit vs Google's YouTube revived Apr 5th 2012, 16:13 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News YouTube to offer Paramount movie rentals Wed, Apr 4 2012 Bank of NY Mellon must face lawsuit on Countrywide Tue, Apr 3 2012 Google proposes Android revenue for Oracle: filing Wed, Mar 28 2012 Morgan Stanley directors win pay lawsuit dismissal Thu, Mar 22 2012 Goldman loses bid to end lawsuit over risky CDO Wed, Mar 21 2012 Analysis & Opinion Does Pauley's BNYM ruling spell new liability for MBS trustees? Apple and Microsoft v. Google: patent war shifts to antitrust A woman walks past the Google Chicago headquarters logo in Chicago, March 20, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Jim Young Thu Apr 5, 2012 12:13pm EDT (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court has revived lawsuits by Viacom Inc, the English Premier League, and various film studios and television networks accusing Google Inc of allowing copyrighted videos on its YouTube service without permission. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said on Thursday that a reasonable jury could have found that YouTube knew of specific infringing activity on its website. As a result, it said a lower court made a mistake in dismissing the case. Viacom had no immediate comment. Google and both the companies' lawyers did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The original $1 billion lawsuit filed by Viacom in 2007 went to the heart of a major issue facing media companies, specifically how to win Internet viewers without ceding control of TV shows, movies and music. It was seen as a test of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, a 1998 federal law making it illegal to produce technology to circumvent anti-piracy measures, and limiting liability of online service providers for copyright infringement by users. The plaintiffs in the cases before the 2nd Circuit collectively accused YouTube of improperly broadcasting about 79,000 copyrighted videos on its website between 2005 and 2008. Viacom had contended that Google and YouTube did nothing to stop the infringements relating to such programming as "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," "South Park" and "SpongeBob SquarePants." The 2nd Circuit found that while Google and YouTube were entitled to a "safe harbor" provision of the copyright law, it was an open question as to whether they had "actual knowledge or 'red flag' awareness" of specific instances of infringement. It also said the lower court should consider whether YouTube demonstrated "willful blindness" in allowing copyrighted videos to remain on its website. The cases are Viacom International Inc et al v. YouTube Inc et al; 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, No. 10-3270; and The Football Association Premier League Ltd et al v. YouTube Inc in the same court, No. 10-3342. (Reporting By Jonathan Stempel in New York; Additional reporting by Yinka Adegoke in New York; Editing by Gerald E. McCormick and Tim Dobbyn) Related Quotes and News Company Price Related News Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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