April 23rd, 2007

EFF Drops Viacom Suit

Mat Honan, Wired News

The EFF announced that its dropping its lawsuit against Viacom on Monday after the company admitted error in issuing a DMCA takedown notice against a YouTube parody of The Colbert Report. The DMCA takedown prompted the EFF to file a lawsuit on behalf of the video's creators, MoveOn.org and Brave New Films. The EFF has now dismissed that suit following action from Viacom.

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