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NEW YORK Viacom became the first major media company to sue Google for copyright infringement, alleging that its YouTube property knowingly lets users violate the law.
The media giant’s suit, filed in Federal District Court here, asks for $1 billion in damages for “massive infringement” and an injunction requiring Google to proactively stop users from uploading copyrighted clips to the site.
YouTube’s policy is to comply with Digital Millenium Copyright Act requests from rights holders to remove content.
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