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Viacom International Inc. v. Youtube Inc.

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided July 2, 2008No. Nos. 07 Civ. 2103(LLS), 07 Civ. 3582(LLS)PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*258OPINION AND ORDER

LOUIS L. STANTON, District Judge.

Plaintiffs in these related lawsuits (the “Viacom action” and the “Premier League class action”) claim to own the copyrights in specified television programs, motion pictures, music recordings, and other entertainment programs. They allege violations of the Copyright Act of 1976 (17 U.S.C. § 101 et seq.) by defendants YouTube1 and Google Inc., who own and operate the video-sharing website known as ‘'YouTube.com”. Plaintiffs claim, as set forth in Viacom’s First Amended Complaint HU 30-31, that:

Defendants encourage individuals to upload videos…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd.Supreme Court of the United States · 2005
  3. Fonovisa, Inc. v. Cherry Auction, Inc. Richard Pilegard, W.D. Mitchell, Margaret MitchellCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996
  4. In Re Subpoena Duces Tecum to AOL, LLCDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 2008
  5. In re Grand Jury Subpoena to Amazon.comDistrict Court, W.D. Wisconsin · 2007

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Crispin v. Christian Audigier, Inc.District Court, C.D. California · 2010
  2. Arista Records LLC v. Usenet. Com, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 2009
  3. Ehling v. Monmouth-Ocean Hospital Service Corp.District Court, D. New Jersey · 2013
  4. Facebook, Inc. v. City of S.F.California Supreme Court · 2018
  5. In re Request for Order Requiring Facebook, Inc.District Court, N.D. California · 2012

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