Schneider

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 MARIA SCHNEIDER, et al., Case No. 20-cv-04423-JD

Plaintiffs,

ORDER RE SUMMARY JUDGMENT

v.

YOUTUBE, LLC, et al., Defendants.

15 Maria Schneider is one of three named plaintiffs in a putative copyright class action against YouTube and Google (together, YouTube). Dkt. No. 99 ¶ 16. Schneider alleges in a first amended complaint (FAC) that YouTube and its users infringed her copyrighted musical compositions and sound recordings, and that YouTube facilitated infringement by removing copyright management information (CMI) from her works in violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), 17 U.S.C. § 1202(b). Dkt. No. 99 ¶¶ 112-152. YouTube has asked for summary judgment on the grounds that: (1) Schneider licensed her works to YouTube; (2) Schneider did not present evidence of a DMCA violation; and (3) the claims are untimely. Dkt. No. 163-10. The parties’ familiarity with the record is assumed, and summary judgment is granted and denied in part. 26…