NBC Universal and Viacom have filed a friend of the court brief that opposes YouTube's attempt to dismiss a copyright infringement case brought by Los Angeles News Service operator Robert Tur.
Tur sued YouTube in July for allowing users to upload his footage of trucker Reginald Denny being beaten during the 1992 Los Angles riots.
In the brief, submitted last Friday to the U.S. District Court of the Central District of California, NBCU said: "Many of NBCU's most valuable copyrighted works have been copied, performed, and disseminated without authorization by YouTube and other similarly operated websites."
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Tur's case is seen as important as it could determine if
"In operating its own commercial Website, YouTube engages in activities that are reserved to the copyright holder." The filing by NBC Universal came on the same day as a copyright suit against YouTube from the
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