YouTube Wins Infringement Case Against Viacom

Google, and its video service YouTube, won the infringement lawsuit against Viacom and others on Wednesday. The suit filed about three years ago accused the music site of allegedly hosting copyright materials without permission of the rights owner. Viacom and others used the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) as fodder to take the case to court. Judge Louis Stanton of U.S. District Court, Southern District of Manhattan, granted YouTube a motion for summary judgment.
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