Viacom asserts:
"Founders of video service know about presence on a site of the big number of videoclips which are noted by a copyright.All video are loaded in the own YouTube web hosting, for this reason it is impossible to refuse claims.
Moreover, according to Viacom, founder YouTube (Steve Chen) purposefully urged steal another's videoclips for increase in popularity of a resource."
Employees YouTube have put forward Viacom countercharges. They have declared, that at least 18 marketing agencies employed by corporation deliberately placed videoclips Viacom on a video hosting. Besides, the part from video of which larceny Viacom accuses YouTube, has been loaded on a site by employees of the media company.Legal dispute Viacom and YouTube lasts more than three years. In February, 2007 the American media conglomerate owning television channels MTV and Comedy Central, has demanded to remove with YouTube approximately 100,000 videoclips. Their requirement has been executed, all videoclips with webhosting have been removed.
In March of the same year Viacom has submitted to judicial instance the claim on Google and YouTube, having demanded to indemnify a loss for the sum of 1 billion dollars.
