After the court ruling she told reporters: “I’m not giving up.”
YouTube last week restricted access to the film in Egypt and Libya after unrest in those countries, and has been adding countries to the list. Some others including Pakistan and Sudan, have blocked access themselves.
On Wednesday it extended its restrictions on the video to “countries where it is considered illegal by local authorities; that is, to date, India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Saudi Arabia.”
The US actress also filed a lawsuit against the reported producer of the film, Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, on grounds of invasion of privacy, fraud, slander and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
The 55-year-old Egyptian Copt and convicted fraudster – out on parole – lives in Los Angeles and has admitted to working on the film.
US media say Nakoula wrote and produced the film, using the pseudonym Sam Bacile before being identified. He was questioned overnight Friday by police before going into hiding with his family.
YouTube last week restricted access to the film in Egypt and Libya after unrest in those countries.
In an interview conducted before it became clear that Sam Bacile was a pseudonym, he claimed he was an American-Israeli and had raised $5 million to make it from about 100 Jewish donors, who he declined to identify.
He said he had worked with some 60 actors and 45 crew to make the two-hour movie in a three-month period last year in California.
“The movie is a political movie. It’s not a religious movie,” he told the Wall Street Journal, adding: “Islam is a cancer.”
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