YouTube Sued Again

May 5, 2007 · Filed Under Silicon Valley · Comment 

YouTube faces another 'Copyright infringement' lawsuit

YouTube faces another ‘Copyright infringement’ lawsuit, this time it is the England’s top soccer league and an independent U.S. music publisher. No amount of compensation was claimed but this won’t be the end, Google made a big mistake by purchasing YouTube together with all those illegal content, but according to Google general counsel Kent Walker said, “These suits simply misunderstand the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which balances the rights of copyright holders against the need to protect internet communications and content.

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Viacom to sue Google and YouTube for USD1Billion

March 13, 2007 · Filed Under Uncategorized · Comment 

Viacom to sue Google and YouTube for USD1BillionThe owner of MTV Networks decided to sue Google and YouTube for copyright violation, this would be an interesting court case and the out come would definitely change the way people share videos online. I still couldn’t figure it out why would Google buy YouTube when they know this sort of things would come, let YouTbe battle the court case and then bail them out like what happen to napster, provided the price is right.

Viacom’s claim says almost 160,000 unauthorized snippets of Viacom shows have been viewed more than 1.5 billion times on YouTube. Viacom also owns Paramount Pictures movie studios and the Nickelodeon cable network.

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