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Intellectual Property

Apr. 7, 2012

Viacom's copyright infringement suit revived

Viacom Inc.'s billion-dollar cyberspace copyright infringement suit against Google Inc.'s YouTube video sharing site got new life Thursday from a federal appellate panel in New York.


By John Roemer


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Viacom Inc.'s billion-dollar cyberspace copyright infringement suit against Google Inc.'s YouTube video sharing site got new life Thursday from a federal appellate panel in New York.


The case centers on whether YouTube did enough to delete material copyrighted by Viacom and other content providers that users placed on the site, including "The Colbert Report" and additional Comedy Cent...

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