UMG Suit vs. Veoh Thrown Out; Viacom-YouTube Next?

In a case that YouTube has likely been monitoring closely, United States District Court for the Central District of California Judge A. Howard Matz rejected Universal Music Group‘s copyright-infringement suit against Veoh Networks, saying that the video site has been operating in compliance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, AdAge.com reported.

“UMG contends that Veoh had knowledge of infringing material that it did not act expeditiously to remove,” Matz wrote in his decision, “but Veoh has shown when it did acquire knowledge of allegedly infringing material—whether from DMCA notices, informal notices, or other means—it expeditiously removed such material.”

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