Comments on: Veoh wins copyright infringement lawsuit

Video-sharing site is found to have complied with the DMCA, potentially bolstering Google's YouTube defense against Viacom's $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit.

[kidtechguru]

Veoh should deserved to be fined...

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[Renegade Knight]

The law says otherwise. Good. the DMCA takedown provision is open for abuse, and is activly abused to block legitimate fair use, and competition. The least it can do is have the safe harbour provision work as intended.

[badasscat]

Except that the law says they shouldn't. And I hope that all of you here who have been brainwashed by the RIAA and MPAA come to realize this at some point. Greedy corporations want all the money they can get; that doesn't mean the law is always on their side. We now have conclusive proof of that in the form of a legal ruling in Veoh's case, and I expect we'll see the same result with Google.

These frivolous lawsuits need to stop, and the RIAA and MPAA need to start respecting the laws that they themselves helped draft.

[thelemurking]

I can't help but to wonder if you trolled to drive up hits to your blog which I refuse to click.

[skeptic47]

You neglected to mention the judge said "the decision rendered here is confined to the particular combination of facts in this case and is not intended to push the bounds of the safe harbor so wide that less scrupulous service providers may claim its protection." Many copyright owners license to Veoh; not many do the same to YouTube. We're talking apples and oranges here.

[mattflaschen]

"Many copyright owners license to Veoh; not many do the same to YouTube. We're talking apples and oranges here." Thing is, DMCA Safe Harbor has nothing to do with whether the host pays for licenses. As long as they comply with the DMCA procedures (which both Veoh and YouTube do), they're safe. The facts are the same where it counts.

[mpitogo]

Conversely, Viacom has engaged in massive corporate greed taking advantage of content creators and milking the consumer for every penny.

[Lerianis]

I was wondering when someone would bring that up, which I happen to agree with that statement. Basically Veoh is the same as Youtube, when it comes down to it.... if they are not in violation of the DMCA, then Google isn't either.