Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Sunil R. Kulkarni ruled that YouTube and parent company Google are protected from responsibility for users’ posts per federal law. According to the article, Wozniak was one of several well-known business moguls who filed a lawsuit in the matter—Elon Musk, Bill Gates and Michael Dell also said their likenesses were being exploited.
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Steve Wozniak Loses Likeness Lawsuit After YouTube BTC Scam
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak was unsuccessful in his lawsuit against YouTube after suing them for hosting a video using his image to promote a Bitcoin scam. So reports Coindesk.
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