YouTube, Viacom Case Could Change the Internet



Dec. 6 (Bloomberg Law) — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit took an unusual step in a closely watched legal dispute between Viacom and YouTube. The Second Circuit ordered the parties to file post-oral argument briefs addressing the red-flag knowledge provision of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Bloomberg Law’s Michael Dunn and Josh Block discuss the case and the implications for Internet websites that rely on user generated content.