Magnolia Pictures, an independent film studio owned by entrepreneur Mark Cuban, has subpoenaed Google to reveal the identities of users who uploaded Magnolia’s copyrighted videos to both Google Video and YouTube, Google Watch has learned.
The subpoena was filed Feb. 6 in Texas federal district court, and Google was commanded to respond by Feb. 20.
At least one of the videos includes a 20-minute portion of the documentary "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room." The other two videos referred to in the subpoena are no longer available. It is not clear whether the videos were removed by YouTube/Google.
Google representatives were not immediately available for comment. Google has stated previously that it responds to all takedown requests and has asserted that it operates within the safe harbor protections of the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act). The subpoena does not request the videos be removed.
This is not the first time Magnolia Pictures has taken legal action against Google. Magnolia Pictures filed a subpoena request in October 2006 asking Google to remove the Enron documentary.
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