Viacom loses $1 Billion lawsuit against Google
The federal judge in New York who took care of the $1 billion copyright lawsuit filed by media company Viacom Inc. over YouTube videos, called it a victory for Google.
U.S. District Judge Louis Stanton affirmed the protections offered to online service providers under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, as the 1998 law offers immunity when service providers promptly remove illegal materials submitted by users once they are notified of a violation.
This is a very important victory for Google and also for other Internet service providers, even though Viacom vowed to keep the case alive in appeals court.
Stanton said there’s no dispute as “when YouTube was given the (takedown) notices, it removed the material.” Viacom responded that they were looking forward to challenging the decision in appeals court.
Facebook, Yahoo and eBay are only some of the Internet companies that had backed Google in its dispute with Viacom.
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