News: So the first copyright lawsuit filed against YouTube is the one brought by Robert Tur for unauthorized uses of his copyrighted video of the Reginald Denny beating. Mashable reports that both Viacom (which also has a suit against YouTube) and NBC Universal have filed a request in the district court in LA to file an amici brief in support of Tur’s position.
Analysis: Viacom’s request is not surprising, since it doesn’t want a bad precedent that would hurt its case in New York. NBC Universal’s involvement is a little surprising, though, since NBC is testing out some of YouTube’s digital fingerprinting technology.
