Key Developments
November 26, 2008 -
Lead Plaintiffs file a Second Amended Class Action Complaint that,
among other things, includes new factual allegations relating to Defendants' violation
of the copyright laws and extends the period of liability back to April 2005.
Click
here to view a redacted copy of Lead Plaintiffs'
Second Amended Complaint.
December 3, 2007 -
YouTube and Google Answer Lead Plaintiffs’ Amended Complaint. Click
here to view Defendants’
Answer.
November 6, 2007 - Lead Plaintiffs File Amended Class Action Complaint that includes 15 new named plaintiffs, including the National Music Publishers’ Association, French Tennis Association and the Scottish Premier League. Click
here to view Lead Plaintiffs’
Amended Complaint.
August 6, 2007 - Copyright Class Action Against Google/YouTube Gains Support of National Music
Publishers’ Association, Robert Tur, Sports Bodies and Others. Click
here to view Lead Plaintiffs’ press release regarding these and other
recent developments.
July 27, 2007 - Judge Stanton Appoints Proskauer Rose And Bernstein Litowitz As Interim Class Counsel On Behalf Of The Premier League And Bourne And The Putative Class. Click
here to view the order.
June 27, 2007 - Copyright Class Action
Against YouTube/Google Gains Additional
Support From The Association of European Professional Football Leagues.
Click
here to view the press release from the Association of European Professional
Football Leagues, an association representing the interests of 19 Member and
Associate Member Leagues and more than 500 affiliated clubs across Europe.
June 6, 2007 - Copyright Class Action
Against YouTube/Google Gains Significant
Support from Leading Music Publishers and International Sports Organizations.
-Click
here
to view Lead Plaintiffs' press release.
-Click
here to view press release
from Cherry Lane Music Publishing Co., one of the World's leading independent
music publishers.
-Click
here to view press release from The Federation Francaise
de Tennis, France’s national tennis organization and the organizer of the French Open,
and the Ligue de Football Professionnel, one of the top professional football
leagues in the world.
May 21, 2007 - Judge Stanton Issues Order Scheduling Initial Conference for July 27, 2007.
Click
here to view the Order.
May 4, 2007 - Football Association Premier League Limited
(the “Premier League”) and Bourne Co. (“Bourne”) File Class Action
Complaint Against YouTube and Google. Click
here
to view the Class Action Complaint.
Click
here to view the Press Release.
