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The Great (Online Copyright) Compromise of 2012

Although neither service providers nor content providers can claim a complete victory, the Second Circuit's <i>Viacom</i> opinion represents a pragmatic, middle-of-the-road solution to several issues at the heart of the new user-centered Internet experience.

32 minute read June 27, 2012 at 04:34 PM
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Timothy Denny Greene
The Great (Online Copyright) Compromise of 2012

In perhaps the most important online copyright case since the Napster-Aimster-Grokster cases of the early 2000s, the Second Circuit recently issued an opinion in Viacom Int'l, Inc., Football Ass'n Premier League Ltd. v.

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