YouTube Defeats Viacom Copyright Lawsuit Again


As you might imagine, Viacom isn't too happy with today's verdict. Chad Hurley's tweet to Viacom's CEO is just insult to injury. smile
"The burden of showing that YouTube knew or was aware of the specific infringements of the works in suit cannot be shifted to YouTube to disprove," he wrote. "Congress has determined that the burden of identifying what must be taken down is to be on the copyright owner, a determination which has proven practicable in practice."