YouTube wants to question comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert as part of its defense against claims that it illegally airs Internet snippets of sports and entertainment videos. The request was made to the judge presiding over lawsuits brought against YouTube by Viacom International Inc., England's top soccer league, and indie music publisher Bourne Co. The lawsuits claim, in essence, that YouTube profits from massive copyright infringement of television programs and feature films.
August 14, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
YouTube wants to question comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert as part of its defense against claims that it illegally airs Internet snippets of sports and entertainment videos.
The request, which surfaced Tuesday in court documents, was made last week to the judge presiding over lawsuits brought against YouTube by Viacom International Inc., England’s top soccer league — The Football Association Premier League Ltd. — and indie music publisher Bourne Co.
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