Viacom video lawsuit vs Google's YouTube revived

(Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court has revived lawsuits by Viacom Inc, the English Premier League, and various film studios and television networks accusing Google Inc of allowing copyrighted videos on its YouTube service without permission. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said on Thursday that a reasonable jury could have found that YouTube knew of specific infringing activity on its website. As a result, it said a lower court made a mistake in dismissing the case. Viacom had no immediate comment. Google and both the companies' lawyers did not immediately respond to requests for comment. ...