Viacom's $1-billion lawsuit against YouTube threatens the very foundation of online sharing, Google, YouTube's owners, claimed in a court filing on Friday, reported by the Associated Press today (Tuesday). In court documents, Google said that the lawsuit "threatens the way hundreds of millions of people legitimately exchange information, news, entertainment and political and artistic expression" over the Internet. Responding to Viacom's claim that the site has done "little or nothing" to stop copyright infringement, Google said that it actually "goes far beyond its legal obligations in assisting content owners to protect their works" by removing clips at the request of content owners.
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