Google to Viacom - The Law is Clear, and On Our Side

An anonymous reader writes "Google responded to the opinion piece in the Washington Post by a Viacom Lawyer with a letter to the editor titled 'An End Run on Copyright Law.' Their strong wording sends a very concrete message: 'Viacom is attempting to rewrite established copyright law through a baseless lawsuit. In February, after negotiations broke down, Viacom requested that YouTube take down more than 100,000 videos. We did so immediately, working through a weekend. Viacom later withdrew some of those requests, apparently realizing that those videos were not infringing, after all. Though Viacom seems unable to determine what constitutes infringing content, its lawyers believe that we should have the responsibility and ability to do it for them. Fortunately, the law is clear, and on our side.'"

Comments

Re:Analysis from the Future

[ShieldW0lf]

Yeah... cause girls don't want to go out with a geek who is making a good living, they'd rather go out with that football jock who sells used cars.

As long as you're a skinny geek and not a fat bearded geek, you're all set. If you can get out the front door, that is...

Re:Hee hee, go Google.

[Stumbles]

Piss off grammar Nazi.