May 28, 2007
New Jersey Turnpike Authority Sues YouTube Over Crash Video
This is wild. The New Jersey Turnpike Authority (NJTA) is claiming copyright infringement for a film of an accident that occured on the turnpike and was upoloaded on YouTube and other video sharing sites.
According to Phys.org, "the NJTA is suing for direct copyright infringement by public performance, public display and reproduction, as well as inducement, contributory and vicarious copyright infringement. "
"The NJTA requested the footage be removed under the DMCA — which YouTube complied with — unfortunately, the video was copied to several other sites.
The NJTA still seems to be targeting YouTube since YouTube 'did not try to prevent the very same video from being uploaded again by users immediately after it was purportedly removed."
The complaint, the offending video has been viewed 19,833 times on YouTube, 189,037 times on LiveLeak.com and 6,933 times on break.com as of May 21. Less than 24 hours later, on May 22, the videos had been viewed 24,346 times, 213,295 times and 16,812 times, respectively.
The NJTA also is suing unnamed corporations and individuals who may have helped distribute the stolen video. "
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