Google does not violate the law
Google claims that neither YouTube nor any other web service company violates applicable copyright law.
On Tuesday, media giant Viacom filed a lawsuit against Google and its video service YouTube, in which he accused them of "flagrant violation of copyright laws" and demanded compensation for their losses in the amount of $ 1 billion.
But attorneys at Google and YouTube said they were acting strictly within the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and intend to continue to defend the rights of their company.
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DMCA is the law on copyright protection in the digital age, according to which a company that promptly blocked pirated material at the first request of the copyright holder, does not bear any responsibility.
“This law was created just for people like us, freeing them from responsibility if actions were taken without malicious intent, thereby allowing the creation of online hosting,” said Alexander MacGillivray, chief adviser on intellectual property.
“We never launched products and never bought companies that could have problems with the law,” said McGillivray in an interview with Reuters.
McGillivray also noted that YouTube will continue to work and develop, without being distracted by this lawsuit.
On Tuesday, media giant Viacom filed a lawsuit against Google and its video service YouTube, in which he accused them of "flagrant violation of copyright laws" and demanded compensation for their losses in the amount of $ 1 billion.
But attorneys at Google and YouTube said they were acting strictly within the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and intend to continue to defend the rights of their company.
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DMCA is the law on copyright protection in the digital age, according to which a company that promptly blocked pirated material at the first request of the copyright holder, does not bear any responsibility.
“This law was created just for people like us, freeing them from responsibility if actions were taken without malicious intent, thereby allowing the creation of online hosting,” said Alexander MacGillivray, chief adviser on intellectual property.
“We never launched products and never bought companies that could have problems with the law,” said McGillivray in an interview with Reuters.
McGillivray also noted that YouTube will continue to work and develop, without being distracted by this lawsuit.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/5280/
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