Comments on: Viacom Uploads Their Content to YouTube While Suing Them for it Being There https://www.webmaster-source.com/2010/03/23/viacom-uploads-their-content-to-youtube-while-suing-them-for-it-being-there/ Useful Resources For Webmasters Mon, 06 Apr 2026 13:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.42 By: Matt https://www.webmaster-source.com/2010/03/23/viacom-uploads-their-content-to-youtube-while-suing-them-for-it-being-there/#comment-11163 Tue, 23 Mar 2010 23:26:07 +0000 http://www.webmaster-source.com/?p=3152#comment-11163 I was under the impression that Viacom would lose simply because YouTube is the classic example of the “Safe Harbor” clause in the DMCA. Third parties upload tons of content, which is not reviewed before it goes online, and YouTube can’t possibly police or be responsible for that.

I, too, was a little surprised that YouTube was allowed to publish that post. It should be interesting to see what happens next, though…

]]> By: Kevin Muldoon https://www.webmaster-source.com/2010/03/23/viacom-uploads-their-content-to-youtube-while-suing-them-for-it-being-there/#comment-11157 Tue, 23 Mar 2010 13:42:36 +0000 http://www.webmaster-source.com/?p=3152#comment-11157 The last article I read about this whole thing suggested that Viacom would win the lawsuit with damages close to the 1 billion they are asking for. So if this is true this will really complicate things in the courts.

It does seem strange that YouTube are talking about this whilst the court case is still going on. You’d think that they wouldn’t be allowed to speak about it until it has been completed.

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