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Broad Business, Industry & Labor Support
Representatives of the business, labor, creative and entertainment communities
have spoken out in support of Viacom's litigation against YouTube.
Online theft poses a serious threat to America's creative output. Preventing online theft
is essential to promoting the robust availability to consumers of diverse and high-quality
content. When an entity such as YouTube knowingly engages in the distribution of infringing
content on a systematic, institution wide basis, its actions have broad repercussions.
Associations & Companies That Have Spoken Out In Favor of Viacom:
- Advance Publications, Inc.
- AFTRA
- Professor Alan Schwartz, Yale Law School
- Alliance of Visual Artists Umbrella
- Altium
- American Association of Independent Music
- American Federation of Musicians
- American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
- American Society of Media Photographers
- Apple
- ASCAP
- Associated Press
- Association of American Publishers
- Association of Independent Music Publishers
- Association of American University Presses
- Autodesk
- AVEVA
- AVG
- Bentley Systems
- Blues Destiny
- BMI
- Boz Scaggs
- Professor Bruce Boyden, Marquette University Law School
- Bruce Hornsby
- Business Software Alliance ("BSA")
- CA Technologies
- Cadence
- CBS Corporation
- Center for the Rule of Law
- Cisco Systems
- CNC/Mastercam
- Professor Connie Davis Powell, Baylor University School of Law
- Corel
- Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corporation
- Dell
- DGA
- Disney Enterprises, Inc.
- Don Henley
- Electronic Arts
- Gannett
- Garth Brooks
- Glenn Frey
- Professor Howard B. Abrams, University of Detroit Mercy School of Law
- HP
- Professor Hugh Hansen, Fordham University Law School
- IATSE
- IBM
- ICBC Broadcasting Holdings
- IIPI
- Independent Film & Television Alliance
- Inner City Broadcasting
- Institute for Policy Innovation
- International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees
- Joe Walsh (The Eagles)
- Professor John R. Allison, University of Texas at Austin
- Kaspersky Lab
- Lisa Thomas Music Services, LLC
- LPGA
- The MathWorks
- McAfee
- McClatchy
- Professor Matthew L. Spitzer, University of Texas at Austin
- Media Institute
- Professor Michael S. Knoll, University of Pennsylvania
- Microsoft
- Minority Media & Telecommunications Council
- MIMITID Corp.
- Minitab
- MPAA
- Music Publishers' Association of The United States
- The Nashville Songwriters Association International
- National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters
- National Football League
- NBC Universal, Inc.
- Newspaper Association of America
- Picture Archive Council of America
- Professional Photographers of America
- Progress Software
- PTC
- Quark
- Quest Software
- Radio Television Digital News Association
- Professor Ray Nimmer, University of Houston Law Center
- The Recording Academy
- Professor Reinier H. Kraakman, Harvard Law School
- Professor Robert G. Bone, University of Texas at Austin
- Professor Robert E. Scott, Columbia Law School
- Roger Waters
- Professor Ron Cass, Boston University School of Law
- Rosetta Stone Ltd.
- SAG
- Scripps
- SESAC
- Siemens
- Society of Composers And Lyricists
- Society of European Stage Authors & Composers, Inc.
- Songwriter's Guild of America
- Sports Rights Owners Coalition
- Sting
- Professor Stuart Brotman, Harvard Law School
- Symantec
- Synopsys
- Teamsters Local 399
- Timothy B. Schmit
- Professor Tracy Reilly, University of Dayton School of Law
- Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
- Washington Post
- Washington Legal Foundation
- Professor William D. Henslee, Florida A&M University College of Law
- Professor Zoe Argento, Roger Williams University School of Law
- Zuffa ("UFC")
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