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Google Lawyer Claims Viacom Request Undermines Its Charge Of Copyright Infringement
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| The judge presiding over the Viacom-YouTube
| copyright lawsuit has allowed Viacom to
| withdraw infringement claims for around 250
| clips -- including approximately 100 that
| were uploaded to the site by Viacom
| employees or agents.
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http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=119827
Among The Clips That Viacom Sued Google Over, About 100 Were Uploaded By Viacom Itself
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| That alone should show how ridiculous Viacom's
| claims are in this lawsuit. There is simply no
| way for Google to know if clips are uploaded
| legitimately or not. Oddly, however, the court
| has now allowed Viacom to withdraw those clips,
| but lawyers like Eric Goldman are questioning
| how this isn't a Rule 11 violation for
| frivolous or improper litigation. But, more
| importantly, it demonstrates that even Viacom
| has no idea which clips are infringing and
| which are authorized. Given that, how can it
| possibly say that it's reasonable for Google
| to know?
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20091229/1920547542.shtml
Youtube and McDonalds says this is copyright infringement
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| Evidently Youtube wants me to take this
| down, because of course a 4 year old dancing
| to a McDonaldâs happy meal song (that was
| included with a happy meal) is too much for
| the copyright holder to handle.
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http://www.tribbleagency.com/?p=6433
Recent:
Viacom's General Counsel Lecture On Copyright Leaves Out Certain Facts
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| Someone once told me that Viacom's top
| lawyer, Michael Fricklas, has been known to
| read Techdirt on occasion. I have no idea
| if this is true, but it still is
| interesting to watch him give a lecture to
| some Yale law students where he offers a
| somewhat nuanced position on copyright
| issues (thanks to JJ for being the first of
| many to forward the video to us), but which
| repeatedly seems to leave out certain
| pertinent facts...
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http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091117/0030476959.shtml
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