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NY District Court Orders Google to Provide Viacom with Vital Data of Google's YouTube Users in $1 Billion Infringement Suit
Viacom owns the copyrights in specified television programs, motion pictures, music recordings, and other entertainment programs.  In the underlying lawsuit, Viacom allege s violations of the Copyright Act of 1976 (17 U.S.C. § 101 et seq.) by Google.  Because YouTube.com users contribute pirated copyrighted works to YouTube.com by the thousands,…
Date of ruling:
07/1/2008