Adotas » io-group http://www.adotas.com Where Interactive Advertising Begins Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:55:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 Ruling in Suit Against Veoh Gives YouTube Hope http://www.adotas.com/2008/08/ruling-in-suit-against-veoh-gives-youtube-hope/ http://www.adotas.com/2008/08/ruling-in-suit-against-veoh-gives-youtube-hope/#comments Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:53:30 +0000 Kathleen http://www.adotas.com/2008/08/ruling-in-suit-against-veoh-gives-youtube-hope/ pornotube_small.jpgADOTAS – Video sites around the country are likely busting open the bubbly at the news that Veoh won its copyright case against adult video producer Io Group. A federal judge in San Jose, California, ruled that the video-sharing site was not liable for copyrighted material from the porn producer that users uploaded to Veoh’s site.

A provision of DMCA copyright law, called safe harbor, freed Veoh from any legal obligation to copyright holders since it removed from its site any copyrighted video as soon as it was alerted of any infringement, the judge ruled. (Under the provision. sites are not required to monitor every video uploaded by its users). Io never asked Veoh to remove clips of its movies, instead choosing to sue in 2006.

Veoh is still fighting a suit against Universal Music Group.

Google, which is facing a similar suit on behalf of YouTube against Viacom, quickly applauded the decision.





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