According to cNET News and All Things Digital, Viacom and YouTube recently sought permission from the court to file motions for summary judgment in a $1 billion copyright action brought by Viacom against YouTube. Originally filed in federal court (Southern District of New York) in 2007, Viacom's lawsuit alleges that YouTube, now owned by Google, infringed Viacom's copyrights by allowing YouTube users to display over 63,000 clips from over 3,000 of Viacom's copyrighted television shows.
YouTube is claiming protection under the "safe harbor" provision for online service providers (OSPs) in the Digital Millenneum Copyright Act (DMCA). The "safe harbor" provision gives OSPs a defense from copyright infringement committed by users of the service. Viacom claims that YouTube willfully facilitated copyright infringement and therefore is not protected under the safe harbor provisions of the DMCA.
Read more about the Digital Milleneum Copyright Act in Wikipedia, here.
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