Gregory Rutchik

May 16, 2007 on 7:34 pm | In About Us, Founding Lawyer, Gregory Rutchik, Litigation, Transactions | No Comments

This is the litigation and transactional practice of Founding Lawyer Gregory Rutchik.

Forbes on Rutchik on posting code to hack DVD’s: “Digg will have to figure out what they are,” he says. “Are they a passive conduit, or are they a facilitator for hackers? They’re in a difficult position.”

“Perhaps the greatest difference between the RIAA’s case and Viacom’s is that Viacom doesn’t want to stop YouTube from operating. If it did, says Rutchik, Viacom would have asked the courts to shut Google down to ensure that its copyrighted material was not uploaded, or in some cases slightly changed and re-uploaded after being removed. Instead, Viacom asked for damages, a “declaration that defendants’ conduct willfully infringes Plaintiffs’ copyrights,” and an injunction requiring YouTube and Google to, in essence, adopt better technology to prevent or limit their copyrighted material from uploading.” Businessweek on Rutchik on Viacom v. Google.