A federal judge has cleared YouTube of liability for infringing copyright by allegedly hosting tens of thousands of clips of content owned by Viacom. U.S. District Court Judge Louis Stanton ruled that Google's YouTube was protected by the “safe harbor” provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which broadly give sites immunity when users upload copyrighted material, as long as the sites remove the content upon request.
The ruling marks the second time that Stanton dismissed Viacom's case, which the company filed in 2007.
A Viacom spokesperson said the company intends to appeal the dismissal.
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