Judge puts kibosh on YouTube copyright damages dogpile
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The world can't sue YouTube for copyright damages---especially if they never registered the copyrights, according to a U.S. district judge.
Download Judge Stanton's rulling (PDF)
Stanton ruled that plaintiffs couldn't request damages for videos that didn't have U.S. copyrights attached to them.
The ruling, however, doesn't address the elephant in courtroom---whether YouTube should have allowed the videos to be posted in the first place. That issue is front and center in this class action and the Viacom suits. Neither trial has been scheduled.