2nd Circuit: No Infringement By YouTube In User’s Posts Of Copyrighted Videos

(October 17, 2023, 2:12 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — In an Oct. 17 summary order, a Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel found that a documentary maker did not establish any volitional conduct by YouTube LLC in the posting of purportedly infringing content by a channel owner, affirming a trial court’s dismissal of contributory and vicarious copyright infringement claims against the video-sharing platform operator....