Wozniak repeatedly tried to get YouTube to stop the ‘unauthorised use of his name and likeness’, but the company was ‘unresponsive’, claimed the lawsuit in Santa Clara County Superior court. — TNS
Steve Wozniak has won the latest round in a legal battle of Silicon Valley titans after a San Jose appeals court ruled YouTube can’t count on a controversial communications law to shield itself from responsibility for a scam that used the legendary Apple co-founder’s likeness.
In doctored videos circulated on YouTube, Wozniak was shown speaking at technology conferences, while images and text added to the clips promised free Bitcoin. Viewers were instructed to send some of the popular cryptocurrency and they would receive double back. It was too good to be true.
