Comments on: Viacom Sues YouTube for $1B

By: Today’s Biggest Winner Is the DMCA

Today’s Biggest Winner Is the DMCA — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 22:07:33 +0000

[...] going to appeal the summary judgment, which abruptly ended the company’s attempts to get a billion dollars in damages from YouTube, but there’s also going to be numerous calls for overhauling the Digital Millennium Copyright [...]

By: YouTube Accuses Viacom of Uploading Clips, Making Its Life Difficult

YouTube Accuses Viacom of Uploading Clips, Making Its Life Difficult — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:45:56 +0000

[...] Accuses Viacom of Uploading Clips, Making Its Life Difficult Court filings in the three-year old copyright infringement suit between Viacom and YouTube have finally been made public, which should make some interesting [...]

By: Viacom Withdraws Videos Its Employees Uploaded From YouTube Lawsuit

Viacom Withdraws Videos Its Employees Uploaded From YouTube Lawsuit — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:41:56 +0000

[...] for hosting the tens of thousands of Daily Show and other copyrighted Viacom clips back when the lawsuit was filed in 2007. Viacom claims that YouTube should know when clips are infringing and remove them, but the [...]

By: Indies verklagen Google | myoon

Indies verklagen Google | myoon — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 10:03:56 +0000

[...] Das Verfahren ist nicht der einzige Streit, der YouTube-Eigner Google anhängt. Immer noch ist man sich mit der GEMA uneins über die Vergütung für abgespielte Songs und in den USA lauert Viacom mit einer Multi-Millionen-Dollar-Klage. [...]

By: Achtung! Criminal Investigation Against YouTube Underway in Germany

Achtung! Criminal Investigation Against YouTube Underway in Germany — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:03:26 +0000

[...] settle out of court. The case does, however, once again demonstrate that Viacom’s massive one billion-dollar lawsuit isn’t the only copyright dispute Google has to tackle. There are regularly lawsuits all [...]

By: Did YouTube Employees Upload Copyrighted Content?

Did YouTube Employees Upload Copyrighted Content? — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:22:53 +0000

[...] YouTube Employees Upload Copyrighted Content? In the ongoing back and forth of Viacom’s $1 billion lawsuit against YouTube/Google, evidence may have been uncovered that shows YouTube employees were among [...]

By: From Monitor to Monetize: The Evolution of YouTube Content ID

From Monitor to Monetize: The Evolution of YouTube Content ID — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:13:43 +0000

[...] scheme was viewed as an overdue attempt to appease copyright holders like Viacom, which had sued the site for more than $1 billion earlier in 2007. Content owners had to upload their entire libraries to [...]

By: Copyright Meets a New Worthy Foe: The Real-Time Web

[...] doesn’t seem to be widespread motivation to modernize that process. Viacom is suing YouTube for $1 billion, claiming YouTube should take more responsibility than the current reading of DMCA requires — [...]

By: Comedy Central’s Video Player: So Bad it’s Funny

Comedy Central’s Video Player: So Bad it’s Funny — Thu, 21 May 2009 04:01:28 +0000

[...] given they’re such a key online asset, one that sparked Viacom’s still unsettled $1 billion lawsuit against YouTube over user uploads of clips (at the time the network hardly even posted its content [...]

By: Streaming TV on ABC and MTV Is Profitable

Streaming TV on ABC and MTV Is Profitable — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:13:20 +0000

[...] for sure: We’ve come a long way from almost exactly two years ago, when MTVN parent Viacom sued YouTube for $1 billion while barely offering legit alternative versions of its shows [...]