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Media

Mar. 15, 2007

Viacom Aims Tactical Suit at YouTube

Viacom's $1 billion copyright lawsuit against YouTube Tuesday is likely to add pressure on the video-sharing Web site to strike licensing deals with content providers who cry foul when copyrighted clips surface online, attorneys said.

By Andrew Harmon and Craig Anderson
Daily Journal Staff Writers

      Viacom's $1 billion copyright lawsuit against YouTube Tuesday is likely to add pressure on the video-sharing Web site to strike licensing deals with content providers who cry foul when copyrighted clips surface online, attorneys said.
      The media company may be using the litigation as leverage, attorneys said, in order to secu...

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