Legal Opinion
Viacom International, Inc. v. YouTube, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 5, 2012No. 10-3270, 10-3342PublishedCited by 87 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge:
This appeal requires us to clarify the contours of the “safe harbor” provision of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) that limits the liability of online service providers for copyright infringement that occurs “by reason of the storage at the direction of a user of material that resides on a system or network controlled or operated by or for the service provider.” 17 U.S.C. § 512(c). 1
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