Ouellette v. Viacom International Inc.

Okay kiddo, let's talk about a story between a person named Ouellette and a big entertainment company called Viacom.

So, Ouellette made a video and put it on the internet for everyone to see. Then, Viacom saw the video and put it on their own website without asking Ouellette if it was okay. Ouellette got upset and said Viacom was stealing his video, so he took them to court.

In court they talked about something called copyright. It's like when you make something, like a drawing or a story, it belongs to you and nobody else can use it without your permission.

But Viacom said they thought Ouellette's video was something they were allowed to use because it was part of a group of videos they had permission to use from a different company.

So the court had to decide whose side was right. They decided that Viacom should have asked Ouellette before they used his video, even if they had permission from a different company to use some other videos.

So, the court said that Ouellette's video belonged to him and Viacom had to pay him some money for using it without asking first.

And that's the story of Ouellette v. Viacom International Inc. about copyright and the internet.