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Is Watching An Infringing YouTube Video Copyright Infringement?

Posted on May 16, 2008

Last year we pointed to a report where a law professor tallied up how much he infringed on copyright in a regular day, coming out with a multi-million dollar total. Now Tom writes in to alert us to an article by Chris Soghoian questioning whether or not watching an infringing video on YouTube counts as infringement as well. The summary is that it's hardly a clearcut issue -- which should be seen as a problem. A copyright holder could conceivably make an argument that it's infringement, though it's not clear that it would hold up in court (and the backlash against anyone stupid enough to ...

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