Tuesday, May 01, 2007

Google rejects Viacom's copyright claims

Google has rejected claims that it broke copyrght laws on its YouTube.com website. Viacom filed a Billion Dollar lawsuit agains google in March. After Google showed their plan to defend itself against these alligations they also requested a jury trial.
"By seeking to make carriers and hosting providers liable for Internet communications, Viacom's complaint threatens the way hundreds of millions of people legitimately exchange information, news, entertainment, and political and artistic expression," Google said in its response.
Viacom has demanded that Google remove 100,000 clips from YouTube.

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