YouTube Fires Back At Viacom

NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "As we say in the legal profession, 'issue has been joined' in Viacom v. YouTube. In its answer to Viacom's complaint (PDF), filed Friday, YouTube says Viacom's lawsuit is intended to 'challenge... the protections of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") that Congress enacted a decade ago to encourage the development of services like YouTube.' It goes on to say that the suit 'threatens the way hundreds of millions of people legitimately exchange information, news, entertainment, and political and artistic expression.'"

Comments

Jaimie Thomas case shows a lot.

[westbake]

The DOJ jumped in to approve of everything the RIAA won in that case. It's sickening, but it is probably closer to the average public opinion than Slashdot is. We live in a country that basks in hateful, idiotic talk radio. Most of that toxic sludge is directed and purposeful.

Re:FP?

[Vexorian]

aw give me a break already, so youtube removed an anti scientology link! Ok that's bad, but then again should we really get to see slashdot ramble about that whenever youtube is mentioned? Really...