• In this 2012 file photo, Cindy Lee Garcia (right), one of the actresses in 'Innocence of Muslims,' and attorney M. Cris Armenta hold a news conference in Los Angeles asking a judge to issue an injunction demanding a 14-minute trailer for the film be pulled from YouTube. A federal appeals court on Monday, overturned an order for YouTube to take down the anti-Muslim film that sparked violence in the Middle East and death threats to actors. | AP
    In this 2012 file photo, Cindy Lee Garcia (right), one of the actresses in "Innocence of Muslims," and attorney M. Cris Armenta hold a news conference in Los Angeles asking a judge to issue an injunction demanding a 14-minute trailer for the film be pulled from YouTube. A federal appeals court on Monday, overturned an order for YouTube to take down the anti-Muslim film that sparked violence in the Middle East and death threats to actors. | AP

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SAN FRANCISCO – Google Inc. should not have to remove an anti-Islamic film from its YouTube website because a woman complained that she was duped into performing in the film that depicted the Prophet Muhammad as a pedophile, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Monday.

In a case widely followed for its potential impact on the entertainment industry, an 11-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco said an injunction prohibiting Google from broadcasting the film should be lifted.

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