Search engine giant Google has won its copyright case against a French television channel. A judge has ruled that the video sharing website YouTube, which is owned by Google, is not liable to police the content of uploaded videos.

A French court has dismissed the copyright claims of TF1 who sought €141m in damages ($176.7m) from YouTube. TF1 filed a suit against YouTube in 2008 after finding copyrighted videos on the website to which the channel had the commercial rights.

However, the Tribunal de Grande Instance in Paris has ordered the broadcaster to pay €80,000 ($100,300) of Google’s legal expenses.

Reuters report that the decision read that YouTube is not responsible in principle for the video content on the site and only the users are, therefore it has no obligation to regulate the content before it is published on the web.

All YouTube needs to ensure is that it informs users that posting music videos, concerts, advertisements, and television shows without consent is not allowed. The firm has obviously welcomed the ruling.

In fact, not only did the French judge rule in favour of YouTube but they also said that the company had taken adequate measures to remove programmes like ‘Heroes’ and ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ for which the French broadcaster owned the rights.

TF1 are said to be considering appealing the decision.

However, this is in stark contrast to last month in Germany which saw YouTube lose its copyright suit. A German court in Hamburg ruled in April 2012 that YouTube should take down copyrighted clips or face a hefty royalty’s bill and that YouTube has the onus for the content its user published.

The judge ruled in favour of the German music royalty collecting society (GEMA) that claimed Google doesn’t do enough to monitor the copyright of content on the platform. The firm represents about 60,000 German song writers and musicians in the country.

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