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Google, Viacom Settle Copyright Infringement Dispute That Centered on DMCA ‘Safe Harbor’ Provision

By Brian R. Westley

Viacom has settled its seven-year copyright dispute with Google over the posting of tens of thousands of unauthorized video clips on YouTube. The lawsuit, which involved the applicability of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s “safe harbor” provision, was brought by Viacom against Google in 2007. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed.

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Originally published at finnegan.com

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Brian R. Westley, Google, Viacom Settle Copyright Infringement Dispute That Centered on DMCA ‘Safe Harbor’ Provision, Incontestable Blog (March 20, 2014) [The Library at LexBlog, LEX-WK-T6P49W6Y, lexpid.org/T6P49W6Y]

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