A journalist and well-known helicopter pilot in Los Angeles has filed suit against video-sharing site YouTube, claiming that it encouraged users to violate copyright law.Robert Tur says video he shot of the beating of trucker Reginald Denny during the 1992 Los Angeles riots was posted at YouTube without his permission and viewed more than 1,000 times. Tur says in his lawsuit, filed Friday in U.S. District Court, that YouTube is profiting from his work while hurting his ability to license his video.
"Mr. Tur's lawsuit is without merit," YouTube said in a statement. "YouTube is a service provider that complies with all the provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), and therefore is entitled to the full protections of the safe harbor provisions of the Act."
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If DMCA voids the copyright... (Below threshold)1. Posted by don surber | July 20, 2006 2:47 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
If DMCA voids the copyright, then it is in fact unconstitutional. A 15-year-old video no more loses its copyright than say, Silence of the Lambs, which was also made in 1991
1. Posted by don surber | July 20, 2006 2:47 PM |
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Posted on July 20, 2006 14:47