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Complaints to Amazon by TV Show Host and His Attorney Didn't Constitute DMCA Notices<br>No Actual Malice by Defendants in Libel Suit over Composite Character in Film

3 minute read January 01, 2019 at 12:03 AM
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Stan Soocher
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Complaints to Amazon by TV Show Host and His Attorney Didn't Constitute DMCA Notices

The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California granted summary judgment in favor of a TV show host and his attorney, sued by the owner of The Weekend in Vegas TV series for sending content removal requests to Amazon.

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