Viacom Appeals YouTube Court Ruling
by Drew Wilson
Last month, YouTube prevailed in the Viacom vs. YouTube case. Under the ruling, YouTube does indeed qualify for the DMCA safe harbor provision. Today, Viacom served notice that they are appealing the ruling, but didn’t specify how they plan on doing so.
The Viacom vs. YouTube case has been a long and drawn out case. With todays revelation that Viacom plans on appealing the ruling, it means that the case is not over yet. The case wasn’t void of dramatic revelations. Accusations flew with Viacom saying that Google dragged its feet on copyright complaints while Google said that Viacom secretly uploaded video clips from their own content.
