11th Circuit: YouTube Protected By DMCA Safe Harbor In Piracy Suit

( January 9, 2026, 10:26 AM EST) -- ATLANTA — A Florida federal judge was correct to grant summary judgment to YouTube Inc. and related entities in a copyright infringement suit brought by an entity that owns the rights associated with many films from Mexico and Latin America, an 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel held, agreeing that the safe harbor of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) applied because YouTube was not shown to have knowingly allowed infringing material to be hosted on the platform....