UMG v. Veoh: victory hasn’t ever been so pyrrhic

The united states appeal court has ruled that “YouTube on steroids” site Veoh cannot be sued for copyright infringement under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act . Judge Raymond Fisher said that rights holders (like UMG) were in an easier place to spot infringing content than the video sharing site, putting the weight of finding and reporting dodgy vids at the record company’s shoulders. The old-slugger’s victory signifies that Viacom has less of a leg to face on in its upcoming appeal against YouTube, since Judges can use the case as precedent to make their decisions. Sadly, victory will ring hollow for Veoh because the onslaught of litigation caused it to file for chapter seven bankruptcy before getting flogged at the cheap to Qlipso last year.

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