Google confronts Viacom lawsuit
Google rejected the allegation that its YouTube.com site infringed copyright — the first reaction to a Viacom lawsuit (requiring $ 1 billion in compensation) filed in March.
In documents filed today with the District Court of the Southern District of New York, Google describes its plans to protect against Viacom lawsuits, which, along with compensation for losses, wants to ban the use of its content. Google demanded a jury trial.
As the primary protection, Google will rely on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), which frees custodians of information and hosting providers from liability for copyright infringement if they delete the content at the request of the copyright holder.
“Trying to make information keepers and hosting providers responsible for information on the Internet, Viacom’s complaints essentially threaten hundreds of millions of people legally exchanging information, news, entertainment, political and artistic expression,” Google said in a reply.
Google, which bought YouTube in November for fabulous $ 1.65 billion, explains that it provides copyright holders with tools to search for their content, as well as technologies that do not allow “re-uploading” of previously deleted files.
Recall that Viacom claimed that these tools were not enough and filed a lawsuit in March - almost a month after the requirement that Google had to remove 100 thousand clips from YouTube.
In documents filed today with the District Court of the Southern District of New York, Google describes its plans to protect against Viacom lawsuits, which, along with compensation for losses, wants to ban the use of its content. Google demanded a jury trial.
As the primary protection, Google will rely on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), which frees custodians of information and hosting providers from liability for copyright infringement if they delete the content at the request of the copyright holder.
“Trying to make information keepers and hosting providers responsible for information on the Internet, Viacom’s complaints essentially threaten hundreds of millions of people legally exchanging information, news, entertainment, political and artistic expression,” Google said in a reply.
Google, which bought YouTube in November for fabulous $ 1.65 billion, explains that it provides copyright holders with tools to search for their content, as well as technologies that do not allow “re-uploading” of previously deleted files.
Recall that Viacom claimed that these tools were not enough and filed a lawsuit in March - almost a month after the requirement that Google had to remove 100 thousand clips from YouTube.