Viacom Urges Appeals Court To Order Jury Trial In YouTube Suit

Viacom and Google/YouTube were in court Tuesday quarrelling over this past year’s federal district court ruling that relieved YouTube and it is parent Google of massive copyright violation charges, Bloomberg reported. Viacom told a panel of three idol judges in the courtroom of appeals in Manhattan the lower court must have let a jury hear the situation by which YouTube was charged with permitting customers to upload videos of Viacom shows South Park and also the Daily Show With Jon Stewart along with other shows in addition to movies from Vital Pictures. Viacom’s attorney stated YouTube willfully overlooked copyright violations by customers posting videos without authorization. That unauthorized content, Viacom contended, fueled the organization’s rapid growth and Google eventually bought YouTube for $1.65 billion. YouTube stated that Viacom also have been a suitor also it was just after discussions stopped working and Google made the winning bid that Viacom sent the legally needed takedown notices for infringing videos. YouTube’s lawyer told the appellate court panel it removed infringing videos the moment it had been informed by copyright proprietors. On that basis, U.S. District Judge Louis Stanton ruled this past year that YouTube was protected against liability underneath the “safe harbor” provision from the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The idol judges made an appearance skeptical of delivering the situation to a jury for trial, PaidContent stated, due to the problem of determining whether many 1000's of clips were infringing and just how much to award in damages. YouTube’s attorney advised the appellate panel to not disturb the the low court ruling, and also the panel made an appearance receptive to his position that it hadn't been YouTube’s job to watch infringements but down to copyright holders. British soccer organization Football Association Premier League Ltd. plus some music marketers who had adopted Viacom in suing YouTube also become a huge hit the low-court ruling. The idol judges stated they'd rule later.