Court: Veoh did not infringe on copyright by transcoding videos

Courtesy Download Squad  Thu, 08/28/2008 - 09:00

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Veoh There's good news today for user generated video sites like YouTube, DailyMotion, and MetaCafe.

A federal court in California has ruled that Veoh did not violate the copyright of a pornography company by automatically transcoding video uploaded by a user.

Let's back up a second here. If you upload copyrighted material to an online video site to share with others without the copyright holder's...


 

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