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Judge Grants YouTube Summary Judgment On Viacom's $1 Billion Infringement Claim
Posted on 28 Jun 2010 by Mark Rogers

NEW YORK - (Mealey's) A "general awareness" of infringing activity on its Web site is not sufficient to find YouTube Inc. guilty of any copyright infringement claims, a New York federal judge ruled June 23, granting the online video-sharing... Read More

Viacom, Cablevision Settle Lawsuit Over iPad TV App
Posted on 12 Aug 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

SAN FRANCISCO - (AP) Cablevision Systems Corp. and Viacom Inc., the owner of MTV and other cable TV channels, have settled a lawsuit over software that lets subscribers view Viacom channels and individual shows on demand on their iPads. Viacom had sought... Read More

Viacom Sues Cablevision Over iPad Video App
Posted on 24 Jun 2011 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

LOS ANGELES - (AP) Viacom Inc., the owner of MTV, Comedy Central and other television channels, accused cable TV distributor Cablevision Systems Corp. on Thursday of making its shows available on the iPad without permission. Viacom is seeking millions... Read More

Judge Hands Google Victory In $1B Viacom Lawsuit
Posted on 24 Jun 2010 by LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff

SAN FRANCISCO - (AP) A federal judge handed Google Inc. a major victory Wednesday by rebuffing media company Viacom Inc.'s attempt to collect more than $1 billion in damages for the alleged copyright abuses of Google's popular YouTube service... Read More