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Viacom, Google settle long-standing copyright lawsuit against YouTube

article published on 18 March, 2014

Google and Viacom has finally settled a copyright lawsuit brought forth in 2007 that accused YouTube of allowing users to upload copyrighted movies and television shows from the content giant without permission. Over time, YouTube parent Google won multiple court cases after Viacom failed to prove that YouTube had knowledge of what its users were uploading and were purposely allowing ... [ read the full article ]

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narm050
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_ 		19. March 2014 @ 19:02 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Wow. I honestly never thought this would basically end with a smile and a handshake, but I guess all the evidence was there that it would.

Next thing you know, Google, Apple, and Microsoft will become friends. (a silly comparison, I know)
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xboxdvl2
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_ 		21. March 2014 @ 16:25 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i think viacom should be charged with entrapment if its own employees are uploading content that can get google/youtube into trouble.

aslong as viacom is making money and not losing any i think they should be happy,sounds like the deal with vevo is making them money.
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