2nd Circuit to Allot 10 Minutes a Side in Feb. 5 Yout v. RIAA Oral Argument

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Appeals Court will apportion 10 minutes per side for Feb. 5 oral argument at 10 a.m. in Yout’s Digital Millennium Copyright Act appeal against the Recording Industry Association of America (see 2312210046), said a hearing notice Thursday (docket 22-2760). Yout contends that the district court improperly granted the RIAA’s motion to dismiss Yout’s DMCA complaint, “erroneously concluding” that its YouTube-ripping software platform was a circumvention tool (see 2302030005). The RIAA’s argument is that Yout can’t “plausibly plead” that its platform doesn’t violate the DMCA. Both sides asked the 2nd Circuit in May to hold oral argument in the appeal (see 2305190025).