Viacom’s Legal Attack On YouTube Threatens Online Speech And Innovation April 21, 2010
Posted by David W. King in Digital Entertainment, Digital Music News, Video Entertainment Websites.Tags: American Library Association, Association of College and Research Libraries, Association of Research Libraries, Center For Democracy and Technology, Computer and Communications Industry Association, Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), Home Recording Rights Coalition, Internet Archive, NetCoalition, The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), Viacom, Youtube
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The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and other nonprofit groups asked a federal judge Monday to reject expansive copyright claims made in lawsuits pending against YouTube. The amicus brief argues that the plaintiffs in those lawsuits are pushing for legal rulings that would undermine federal law and throttle free speech and innovation on the Internet.