Google asks court to allow controversial anti-Muslim video to be restored on YouTube

[alp227]

Source: San Jose Mercury News

Google has moved to restore a controversial anti-Muslim video on YouTube, arguing that a federal appeals court order earlier this week requiring the company to take it down will cause "irreparable harm" because of its impact on online free speech.

In court papers filed Thursday, Google's lawyers asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for an emergency stay of its ruling, even though YouTube has complied with the order to take down the "Innocence of Muslims" video from its website. Google argues the video should be restored on YouTube while the company presses an appeal of this week's decision.

Google warns the ruling could have damaging free speech implications for the online world and make it too easy for anyone to get an order removing video content from a website.

"Under the (9th Circuit ruling), minor players in everything from Hollywood films to home videos can wrest control of those works from their creators, and service providers like YouTube will lack the ability to determine who has a valid copyright claim," Google argued.

Read more: http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_25248789/google-court-allow-anti-muslim-video

[jtuck004]

1. Interesting. Not taken down because of content, (though many were certainly looking for a reason),

but because an actor overdubbed the work of another actor without her permission, and she argued that she held the copyright.

Tough case, given that people die when it is shown, along the lines of shouting fire in a crowded theater. But it's not a theater, it's an opinion, and I am not sure I want to have my free speech rights thrown in the trash because a whole horde of people want to act like it's 2000 years ago. Or like Teabeggers.

[Ash_F]

2. Youtube takes down videos all the time due to copyright disputes

Who owns the rights to the actresses image? If she owns any part of it, then it should be taken down per her wishes.

If someone made a overdubbing of the President saying that he will be instating death panels by executive order, would that video stay up?

[alp227]

4. depends

if it was a public domain video from the white house website it'd not be taken down. on the other hand if it were from CNN etc. then CNN could make copyright claim.

[navarth]

3. kick

[Newsjock]

5. Federal appeals court rejects Google's request to allow an anti-Muslim video to be restored

http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_25248789/google-asks-court-allow-controversial-anti-muslim-video

Google has been rebuffed in its effort to restore an anti-Muslim video on YouTube, shot down by a federal appeals court that on Friday rejected arguments that requiring the company to take it down will cause "irreparable harm" because of its impact on online free speech.

In a brief order, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of appeals denied a stay of a ruling earlier this week ordering Google to remove the "Innocence of Muslims" video from YouTube. The appeals court ordered YouTube to comply with the order within 24 hours, although Google lawyers already indicated in court papers they have already taken down the video.