Viacom Copyright Suit Against Google’s YouTube Again Dismissed
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Google Inc.’s YouTube video-sharing website for a second time persuaded a judge to throw out a Viacom Inc. lawsuit claiming YouTube violated copyrights by letting users post clips from shows without authorization.
U.S. District Judge Louis Stanton in Manhattan yesterday granted YouTube’s request for a judgment without a trial. He said YouTube was protected from liability by the safe harbor provision of the Copyright Act because it removed infringing videos when notified.