YouTube’s successful defense in June of a $1 billion copyright suit brought by Viacom over its hosting of unauthorized videos was a huge win for the website and its parent, Google. The Manhattan federal district court ruling dismissing the suit helped cement the “safe harbor” provision of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which absolves websites in the U.S. from checking the copyright status of content posted by individual users.
But YouTube’s copyright woes didn’t end with the Viacom decision. In Europe, it has continued to fight multiple suits brought by media companies accusing it of hosting unauthorized content.
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