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Second Circuit Reverses YouTube Decision: DMCA Safe Harbor Might Not Apply

April 5, 2012 By 2 Comments

Break­ing News: The Sec­ond Cir­cuit has just reversed the dis­trict court’s sum­mary judg­ment rul­ing in the Via­com v. YouTube case, hold­ing  a rea­son­able jury could find that YouTube did not qual­ify for the DMCA safe har­bor.  More analy­sis to fol­low, but in the mean­time here is the decision:

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  1. Ben Thompson says:
    May 9, 2012 at 3:24 pm

    So the Safe Har­bor is not so safe after all… In my opin­ion, the axe just got even closer to Grooveshark’s head.

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  1. Friday’s Endnotes – 04/06/12 | Copyhype says:
    April 6, 2012 at 7:01 am

    […] Sec­ond Cir­cuit Reverses YouTube Deci­sion: DMCA Safe Har­bor Might Not Apply — The Sec­ond Cir­cuit reached a deci­sion in what will likely become one of the sem­i­nal DMCA cases from now on. I’ll have some thoughts on the deci­sion next week. […]

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