After losing its court case against Youtube in June, Viacom have now appealed against the case to the federal court.Although many analysts say their chances of overturning the decision are slim at best.

The case against Youtube centered on copyright infringement and Viacom were looking for compensation in the region of $1 billion. The US District Court Judge Louis Stanton agreed with the Google argument saying that the DMC Act (Digital Millennium Copyright) defends the Google Company from the Viacom claims and said that YouTube had not violated copyright laws because the website promptly removed pirated videos when requested by rights holders such as Viacom.

Viacom indicated at the time of the ruling that it would appeal as the ruling opened the doord to online piracy. Its notice to appeal, filed in the US Court of Appeals for the southern district of New York will probably become another long and drawn out affair. There have been no comments from the parties concerned.

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