October 15, 2008

Viacom v. YouTube

Posted September 20th, 2007 by David Ardia

Summary

Threat Type: Lawsuit	Date: 03/13/2007
Status: Pending	Location: New York
Disposition:	Verdict/Settlement Amount: n/a
Legal Claims: Copyright Infringement
On March 13, 2007, Viacom International, which owns, among other properties, Comedy Central, MTV, BET, and Paramount Pictures, sued YouTube and its parent Google for copyright infringement seeking $1 billion in damages. Viacom asserts a number of copyright related claims, including direct... read full description

Parties

Party Issuing Legal Threat:	Party Receiving Legal Threat:
Viacom International, Inc.; Comedy Partners; Country Music Television, Inc.; Paramount Pictures Corporation; Black Entertainment Television, LLC	Youtube, Inc.; Youtube, LLC; Google, Inc.
Type of Party:	Type of Party:
Large Organization; Media Company	Large Organization
Location of Party:	Location of Party:
California; New York; Delaware; District of Columbia	California; Delaware
Legal Counsel:	Legal Counsel:
Matthew William Alsdorf, Stuart Jay Baskin, Scott B. Wilkens, Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., Amy L. Tenney, John Gueli, Peter H. Hanna, William M. Hohengarten, Sharmila Sohoni, Luke Cardillo Platzer, Susan Joan Kohlmann, Stephen Robert Fishbein	Bart E. Volkmer, James Joseph Hartnett, IV, Alison G. Wheeler, Mark Shawn Ouweleen, Maura Lea Rees, David H. Kramer, Tonia Maria Ouellette Klausner, Jonathan M. Jacobson, Caroline Wilson, Shayna Susanne Cook, Philip S. Beck, Rebecca Weinstein Bacon, Carrie A. Jablonski

Description

On March 13, 2007, Viacom International, which owns, among other properties, Comedy Central, MTV, BET, and Paramount Pictures, sued YouTube and its parent Google for copyright infringement seeking $1 billion in damages. Viacom asserts a number of copyright related claims, including direct copyright infringment for public performance, public display, and reproduction, as well as several indirect claims for inducement of copyright infringment, contributory copyright infringment, and vicarious copyright infringement.

Update:

04/28/08 - Viacom filed a first amended complaint.

05/23/08 - YouTube filed an answer to the first amended complaint.

07/02/08 - Court ordered Google to produce to Viacom "all data from the Logging database concerning each time a YouTube video has been viewed on the YouTube website or through embedding on a third-party website."

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Details

Website(s) Involved:	Content Type(s):
YouTube	Video
Publication Medium:	Subject Area(s):
Website	Copyright DMCA Third-Party Content

Court Information & Documents

Location of Filing/Threat:	Source of Law:
New York	United States
Court Name:	Court Type:
Southern District of New York	Federal
Case Number:
1:07-cv-02103
Relevant Documents:
Complaint (03-13-2007) Answer (04-30-2007) Stipulated Pre-Trial Protective Order (08-09-2007) Viacom and Youtube Joint Proposed Scheduling Order (08-09-2007) Viacom First Amended Complaint (04-28-2008) YouTube's Answer to First Amended Complaint (05-23-2008) Viacom v. YouTube Discovery Order (07-02-2008)

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