holding YouTube not liable for copyright infringement; the plaintiff had not properly identified the allegedly infringing videos; YouTube met the conditions required by the hosting safe harbor and thus was exempted from liability.
holding the owner of an internet forum not liable for its users’ defamatory messages; the website owner complied with the hosting exemption’s requirements to be free from liability as it had no actual knowledge or awareness of facts or circumstances revealing the illegal nature of the offensive comment, and promptly removed it once notified about it.
holding the owner of a website not liable for defamatory comments posted by one user; the defendant qualified for the hosting safe harbor and thus was exempted from liability.
holding Yahoo! not liable for comments posted on a chat room hosted by Yahoo!; the defendant qualified for the hosting safe harbor as it duly removed the contents once notified and thus was exempted from liability.