YouTube Gets Antitrust Claims Cut From Suit Over Mexican Films

Google LLC and subsidiary YouTube Inc. must still face some copyright infringement claims in a suit by Carlos Vasallo, who claims to own the world’s largest collection of Latin American and Mexican movies, a Florida federal judge ruled.

But the court dismissed antitrust allegations, with a ruling by Judge Darrin P. Gayles of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Vasallo, who owns the films through his company Athos Overseas Ltd., said he found pirated versions of his films on YouTube, but the platform failed to effectively take down his copyrighted work after he refused to enter ...