Fenwick Partner Takes Fight to Copyright Bullies

"Ask Andrew Bridges about government efforts to crack down on websites that post copyrighted material or to enlist Internet companies as copyright enforcers, and you may see his militant side. The Fenwick & West litigator is no fan of measures that restrict online expression in the name of intellectual property protection. And lately he's been winning those battles. After a Ninth Circuit panel ordered YouTube to take down an anti-Islamic video clip, Bridges fought the decision for clients including eBay Inc., Facebook Inc., Twitter Inc. and Yahoo Inc. The ruling was reversed en banc last month. And Bridges recently won a longstanding fight against litigious adult website Perfect 10. His team secured $5.6 million in attorney fees and costs after defeating a copyright infringement case against Giganews and Livewire."