Veoh Gets Safe Harbor In Video Copyright Suit

By Julie Zeveloff

Law360, New York (August 28, 2008, 12:00 AM ET) -- In a copyright infringement suit between a video-maker and the video-sharing Web site Veoh, a federal judge has ruled that Veoh is entitled to “safe harbor” under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and that it should not be held responsible for enforcing third-party copyrights.

The ruling Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California came as a victory to Veoh Networks Inc., which operates the video-sharing software and site, and sets an important precedent for safe harbor qualification relating to videos and...
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