Legal Opinion
UMG Recordings, Inc. v. Shelter Capital Partners LLC
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 20, 2011No. 09-55902, 09-56777, 10-55732PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FISHER, Circuit Judge:
Veoh Networks (Veoh) operates a publicly accessible website that enables users to share videos with other users. Universal Music Group (UMG) is one of the world’s largest recorded music and music publishing companies, and includes record labels such as Motown, Def Jam and Geffen. In addition to producing and distributing recorded music, UMG produces music videos. Although Veoh has implemented various procedures to prevent copyright infringement through its system, users of Veoh’s service have in the past been able, without UMG’s authorization, to download videos…
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