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Entertainment & Sports

Oct. 11, 2011

YouTube's copyright battle heads to appellate court

Pillars of the Hollywood and Silicon Valley industries - more than 120 all told - have filed amicus briefs hoping to steer the second of two test cases currently playing out at the appellate level over Internet copyright policing.


By Erica E. Phillips


Daily Journal Staff Writer


The hard-fought, Internet battle between content owners and web developers will wage on next week as Viacom International Inc. and Youtube Inc. make their cases before the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.


Pillars of the Hollywood and Silicon Valley industries - more than 120 all told - have filed briefs in recent weeks hoping to steer Viacom v. YouTube, the second of two test cases playi...

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