Google Defends Youtube Postings ; Says Copyright Suit Endangers Web

The Record, Bergen County, NJ › May 29, 2008

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NEW YORK A $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit challenging YouTube's ability to keep copyrighted material off its popular video- sharing site threatens how hundreds of millions of people exchange all kinds of information on the Internet, YouTube owner Google Inc. says.

Google's lawyers made the claim in papers filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan as the company responded to Viacom Inc.'s latest lawsuit alleging that the Internet has led to "an explosion of copyright infringement" by YouTube and others.

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Google Defends Youtube Postings ; Says Copyright Suit Endangers Web

Viacom brought the lawsuit last year, saying it was owed...

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