Saturday, March 16, 2013

9th Circuit adheres to decision dismissing UMG v. Veoh on DMCA Safe Harbor grounds

In UMG v. Veoh, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has reaffirmed its previous ruling granting Veoh summary judgment dismissing the complaint, on the grounds that Veoh qualified for safe harbor treatment under the DMCA, and had complied with any legitimate takedown notices.

March 14, 2013, Decision granting rehearing and upon rehearing adhering to original decision, US Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit

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Ray Beckerman, PC

1 comment:

Phil Usher said...

This just in...looks like SCOTUS has denied cert in Jammie Thomas appeal.

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/03/scotus-jammie-thomas-rasset/