YouTube prevailed in their billion dollar battle with Viacom who accused them of copyright infringement. Here's why others should cheer this legal development.
The DMCA protects responsible net companies from copyright liability. All of Viacom's arguments about why YouTube wasn't protected were soundly rejected — that YouTube does replication and transmittal, that YouTube didn't remove repeat infringers, that YouTube received financial benefit from infringing activity.
For MP3tunes: EMI's arguments parallel Viacom's against YouTube. Since we're in the same courthouse, we can now reference the YouTube ruling in our case. After about 3 years we're nearly at a stage where the Judge gets an opportunity to hand down a ruling. EMI has consistently asked for delays but the delay has not shaken our resolve.
--MR
