Google downplays video lawsuits
Google Downplays Video Lawsuits
Could YouTube's outlaw nature be coming back to bite Google?
A month after the Internet giant acquired the top video-sharing site for $1.65 billion, lawsuits are starting to multiply.
The latest court case, a $192,465 legal challenge over a French documentary posted to YouTube, was dismissed by Google as "a small lawsuit over a single video that appeared briefly," a spokesperson told internetnews.com.
The new details emerged a day after Google informed the Securities and Exchange Commission it was being sued for copyright infringement.
Responding to the suit, Google spokesperson Ricardo Reyes said while YouTube takes various measures to ensure infringement complaints are quickly addressed, he said "YouTube enjoys the same safe harbor that Google and many other hosting providers do."
Both Google and YouTube "have a strong policy of taking things down very quickly when requested," according to the spokesperson.
|