Their argument is rooted, ironically, in the Digital Millenium Copyright Act that U.S. lawmakers approved in 1998.

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Like Google, exfm is a registered DMCA (Digital Millenium Copyright Act 1998) safe harbor and will comply to any take-down orders for infringing links from copyright holders.

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This means that the court has decided that YouTube is protected by the safe harbor of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) against claims of copyright infringement.

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