Viacom Hires Former Solicitor General For YouTube Appeal
from the politics-gone-mad dept
Viacom certainly isn't messing around in its appeal of its fight against YouTube, which Viacom lost big time in the first round. The company has apparently brought on high profile superstar lawyer Ted Olson, the former Solicitor General under George W. Bush to handle the appeal. Bringing Olson in is probably more about preparing for the inevitable Supreme Court review of this case, but clearly Viacom wasn't happy with how its existing legal team did in the first round, where it couldn't even get past summary judgment.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
Techdirt is one of the few remaining truly independent media outlets. We do not have a giant corporation behind us, and we rely heavily on our community to support us, in an age when advertisers are increasingly uninterested in sponsoring small, independent sites — especially a site like ours that is unwilling to pull punches in its reporting and analysis.
While other websites have resorted to paywalls, registration requirements, and increasingly annoying/intrusive advertising, we have always kept Techdirt open and available to anyone. But in order to continue doing so, we need your support. We offer a variety of ways for our readers to support us, from direct donations to special subscriptions and cool merchandise — and every little bit helps. Thank you.
–The Techdirt Team
Filed Under: copyright, ted olsen
Companies: google, viacom, youtube
Reader Comments
Subscribe: RSS
View by: Time | Thread
For the right results, hire a connected lawyer.
All you really need to know about Olsen is that the story of the phone call from his wife on 9/11 can't be verified (in any version):
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=8514
[ link to this | view in chronology ]
Ted Olson
Second, considering his (shared) success in bringing down Prop 8, he's got a good chance of success.
[ link to this | view in chronology ]
Re: Ted Olson
Oops. You're correct. Fixed. Thanks.
[ link to this | view in chronology ]
[ link to this | view in chronology ]
Re:
[ link to this | view in chronology ]
When Cheney or George W. die I will carry a sign celebrating the fact that another traitor to freedom has been erased. I just added his name to the list.
[ link to this | view in chronology ]
[ link to this | view in chronology ]