Feb
25
Copyright cites: Google
Posted by Dirk Avery at 11:48 am under Copyright, Litigation.
Last week Reuters reports that a Viacom, YouTube/Google document production deadline has been extended two additional months:
A deadline for Google Inc to turn over documents in Viacom Inc’s $1 billion copyright lawsuit against the Web search leader has been extended by two months by a federal judge.
Google’s attorneys had asked that a March 7 deadline for both sides to turn over documents be postponed by three months because it was wading through 4.5 million documents.
A court in Paris has found Google “guilty” of copyright infringement for a post on Google Video France. I’m not that familiar with French law but is Google actually “guilty” or liable? Since the award was monetary seems like this was probably a civil rather than criminal case. Does anyone know?
US internet giant Google has been found guilty of violating copyright of a film that was posted on its site prior to seeking authorisation from the owner. Paris District Commercial Court found Google guilty for posting the film, “The World According to Bush” (Le monde selon Bush) by William Karel, online without seeking permission from the copyright holders and despite their protests, film producer Jean-Francois Lepetit announced Friday.
“In compensation, the internet group has to pay 150,000 euros ($220,000) in damages to Flach Film, the company that produced the movie, and Editions Montparnasse, which had been contracted to distribute it legally,” said Lepetit.
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