Government Opposes Certiorari In Dispute Over YouTube Video Takedown

Mealey's (May 8, 2017, 1:27 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a May 4 amicus curiae brief in the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. government voiced its opposition to a YouTube user’s petition for certiorari, opining that a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling on good faith related to a copyright holder’s Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown notice does not conflict with existing case law, also stating that key issues regarding the copyright owner’s “mental state” were not properly before the lower courts (Stephanie Lenz v. Universal Music Corp., et al., No. 16-217, U.S. Sup.)....