Vindicated: A US appeals court ruled that Vimeo LLC cannot be held liable for copyright infringement for unknowingly hosting older music uploaded by its users.
NEW YORK: Video-sharing website Vimeo LLC cannot be held liable for copyright infringement for unknowingly hosting older music uploaded by its users, a US appeals court ruled on June 16, dealing a blow to record labels seeking broader protections.
In a victory for Internet service providers, the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals in New York also held that the mere fact that Vimeo employees had viewed videos with copyrighted sound recordings was not enough to prove the company ignored red flags of infringement.
