Viacom is hoping to overturn a previous ruling that
the company believes let YouTube off the hook for hosting video clips
of some of Viacom’s popular programs, such as “The Daily Show with
The company said in a filing with the
stands, Viacom argues in its filing, it “would immunize from copyright
infringement liability even avowedly piratical Internet businesses.”
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Viacom originally filed suit against
The companies then made a series of incriminating
legal filings, with Viacom divulging internal e-mails at YouTube that
appeared to acknowledge copyright infringement on the video service,
and Google pointing to evidence that Viacom shrugged off concerns about
infringement on YouTube, in some cases, in order to promote its
properties.
In June, Judge
YouTube has changed in many ways from the time when
Viacom first filed suit. The video service has now reached a number of
partnership deals with media companies to make their properties
accessible on YouTube, for example.
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