March 13, 2014
Google Inc. asked the Ninth Circuit on Thursday to overturn last month's highly controversial panel decision ordering that a controversial anti-Islam film be removed from YouTube, revealing for the first time that the Copyright Office had flatly rejected the underlying theory of the panel's ruling.
February 28, 2014
The Ninth Circuit refused Friday to stay its order directing Google Inc. and subsidiary YouTube LLC to remove the controversial video "Innocence of Muslims" from their servers and prevent any future uploads of it due to claims the video infringes a copyright.
February 26, 2014
The Ninth Circuit has ordered Google Inc. to remove the polemic trailer for an anti-Islam film from YouTube, ruling that an actress who appeared in it showed she likely had an independent copyright interest in her performance, according to an opinion issued Wednesday.