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YouTube Fires Back At Viacom

Posted by kdawson on from the whose-internet-is-it-anyway dept.

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.'"

2 of 183 comments (clear)

  1. Re:That about sums it up. by willyhill · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    twitter, have you thought about maybe using the sig on all your accounts to alert people to the fact that you reply to yourself? If you insist on playing this "dreadfully easy" game, at the very least you could do it with some honesty.

    You don't think that anyone who is curious will figure out that all "westbake" has ever done is post comments agreeing with twitter and all your other accounts?

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  2. Wonderful comment! by Just+Another+Twitter · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I think that all three of these people - Odder, Twitter and westbake - are fantastic and their comments are insightful and informative. They should be modded up immediately!

    My surety that they are the cleverest person in the world... sorry, the cleverest people in the world is only matched by my absolute certainty that none of them are me.

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