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Cariou, Viacom Copyright Suits Settlements

March 2014 turned out to be a big month for copyright litigation settlements. They all came without warning, but two seemed to make a lot of sense.

26 minute read April 01, 2014 at 02:31 PM
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Jan Wolfe
Cariou, Viacom Copyright Suits Settlements

March 2014 turned out to be a big month for copyright litigation settlements. They all came without warning, but two seemed to make a lot of sense. Viacom Inc.'s landmark fight with YouTube was a holdover from an earlier era, and Viacom was facing diminishing returns on its second appeal.

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