Google won the case against Viacom

Google won a lawsuit against Viacom conglomerate, which accuses YouTube of copyright infringement. The Federal Court of the Southern District of New York denied Viacom the consideration of the claim, the amount of which amounted to one billion US dollars. The reason for the refusal was the Copyright Act in the digital age .

Judge Louis Stanton agreed with Google’s argument that YouTube is subject to the Copyright Act in the digital age. According to this law, a resource that places user content is not responsible for it, if it is ready to remove materials that violate copyright at the request of the copyright holder. In general, the judge agreed with almost all the arguments of Google in his defense, noting only that more efforts should be made to combat pirated content on YouTube.

Google Vice President Kent Walker wrote on a YouTube blog that this is a very important victory, not only for them, but for the billions of people around the world who use the network to communicate and share experiences with each other.
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At the same time, Viacom representatives said they plan to file an appeal. In their opinion, this court decision is fundamentally erroneous and contradicts the essence of the Copyright Law in the digital age.

The text of the judgment can be found at google.com/press/pdf/msj_decision.pdf .