For the second time in three years, a federal judge dismissed Viacom's $ 1 billion U.S. dollars of YouTube's copyright lawsuit, said as long as the online video site to remove the infringing video copyright owners, police itself without notice.
U.S. District Court Judge Louis Stanton in New York on Thursday ruled that Viacom has never demonstrated that YouTube is aware of hundreds of thousands of video Viacom said its television networks, such as Comedy Central and BET stolen.
Viacom said it would appeal.
"This ruling disregard the views of the superior court, completely ignoring the rights of creative artists," the company said in a statement.
The ruling party to adhere to Stanton's original decision from June 2010, leaves the current understanding of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act 1998. "Stanton ruled that YouTube site does not take action," willful blindness "and noted that Viacom in 2007 Farm infringement notice to delete 100,000 videos in one day.
Last April, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals returned the case to the District Court to reassess, said YouTube is aware of hosting pirated material, the jury might conclude.
Company, the company's 2006 acquisition of YouTube, it was a year old, Google said that the ruling marks the Internet an important day.
"This is a win-win not only for YouTube, but people around the world depend on the Internet to exchange ideas and information," Google General Counsel Kent Walker said in a statement.
 
 



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