Judge puts kibosh on YouTube copyright damages dogpile

Courtesy ZDNET - Between the Lines  Wed, 07/08/2009 - 7:14am

The world can’t sue YouTube for copyright damages—especially if they never registered the copyrights, according to a U.S. district judge.

The ruling (Techmeme), issued by U.S District Judge Louis Stanton July 3, curbs a class action suit brought by a laundry list of foreign entities looking for YouTube damages.

The suit rides shotgun with Viacom’s $1 [...]


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