Court Denies Viacom's Request For Damages Against Google/YouTube

  • March 11, 2008
A federal district court judge has shot down Viacom's request to seek punitive damages against Google/YouTube in its copyright infringement lawsuit.

In a ruling issued Friday, Judge Louis Stanton in New York held that punitive damages aren't available in copyright infringement cases. Viacom filed its $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit against Google's YouTube last year.

--Wendy Davis

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