Judge Limits Foreign Damages in YouTube Copyright Case

Not every claim in the proposed copyright class action against Google's YouTube will survive, Manhattan federal district court Judge Louis Stanton ruled recently. The unlucky ones include claims for statutory damages for certain foreign works not copyrighted in the U.S. The judge dismissed plaintiffs' request for punitive damages for alleged willful infringement of foreign works, but found that foreign works of live broadcasters are eligible for statutory damages claims.