Google Wins YouTube Copyright Case Against Viacom
Google has won their $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit that was brought against them and YouTube back in 2007 by Viacom. A federal judge today granted Google’s motion for summary judgment, finding that the company had taken sufficient steps to deal with infringing content to meet the safe harbor requirements of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
Of course, Viacom isn’t too happy about this decision and has vowed to appeal, but we think it makes sense — otherwise Viacom could sue and win for things Google didn’t even know about, like, say, the music videos Viacom employees covertly uploaded themselves and then demanded be removed. We’ll see what happens — in the meantime, we’ll be celebrating by watching as much YouTube as possible.
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