Google Answers Viacom Lawsuit

May 1, 2007

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No real surprises emerged in Google's response to Viacom's billion-dollar copyright infringement lawsuit against YouTube: Google denied Viacom's claims and asked for a jury trial.

Google Answers Viacom Lawsuit

Denial: it's not just a river in Egypt, as comedians would say. It's also Google's reply to the lawsuit Viacom brought against YouTube in New York.

In Google's reply to the action brought by Viacom,

Google's selection of lawyers for the case offers an interesting little insight. CEO Eric Schmidt's affection and generosity for Democrats is widely known; he hosted an Al Gore fundraiser during Gore's Presidential run.

One of the attorneys representing Google will be Philip Beck of law firm Bartlit Beck, who argued President George W. Bush's side in the Florida vote-counting case following the 2000 election. As people will remember, Gore came out on the short side of that decision.

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