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A federal appeals court on Thursday revived Viacom’s $1 billion lawsuit against Google’s YouTube video-sharing website, <em>The Wall Street Journal</em> reported. The media conglomerate had alleged that YouTube allowed users to post unauthorized Viacom content between 2005 and 2008. The U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals remanded the case to a lower court, instructing a district judge to determine whether YouTube had knowledge or awareness of infringing material and if it was unwilling to remove it. “We are pleased with the decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals,” Viacom said in a statement. “The court delivered a definitive, common sense message—intentionally ignoring theft is not protected by the law.” Tensions between the two companies looked to be easing; just yesterday, <a href="http://www.bgr.com/2012/04/04/google-and-paramount-strike-a-deal-500-movies-coming-soon-to-youtube-google-play/">Viacom-owned Paramount Pictures struck a deal with the Internet giant</a> to allow more than 500 of its movies to be rented through YouTube and the Google Play marketplace. <span id="more-134708"></span>
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A federal appeals court on Thursday revived Viacom’s $1 billion lawsuit against Google’s YouTube video-sharing website, <em>The Wall Street Journal</em> reported. The media conglomerate had alleged that YouTube allowed users to post unauthorized Viacom content between 2005 and 2008. The U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals remanded the case to a lower court, instructing a district judge to determine whether YouTube had knowledge or awareness of infringing material and if it was unwilling to remove it. “We are pleased with the decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals,” Viacom said in a statement. “The court delivered a definitive, common sense message—intentionally ignoring theft is not protected by the law.” Tensions between the two companies looked to be easing; just yesterday, <a href="http://www.bgr.com/2012/04/04/google-and-paramount-strike-a-deal-500-movies-coming-soon-to-youtube-google-play/">Viacom-owned Paramount Pictures struck a deal with the Internet giant</a> to allow more than 500 of its movies to be rented through YouTube and the Google Play marketplace. <span id="more-134708"></span>
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