SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Plaintiffs including the Premier
League sued Google Inc.'s online-video sharing site YouTube on
Friday for copyright infringement, marking the second big legal
challenge to YouTube.
According to court documents filed in the U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of New York, the Football Association Premier
League Ltd, better known as the Premier League, and music publisher
Bourne Co. sued YouTube.
The lawsuit charges that YouTube deliberately encourages massive
copyright infringement on its Web site to generate public attention
and boost traffic. This has resulted in the loss of valuable
content, the complaint said.
"Defendants, which own and operate the Web site YouTube.com, have
knowingly misappropriated and exploited this valuable property for
their own gain without payment or license to the owners of the
intellectual property," the lawsuit said.
