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This article covers the immediate response the YouTube had to the inital takedown request made to them on Oct 20, 2006 by the Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers (JASRAC).
In relation to my project, JASRAC requested through DMCA takedown request procedures that YouTube remove nearly 30,000 unauthorized video files that were uploaded by YouTube users. This furthers my project research into the issue of copyright infringement as it pertains to internet video-sharing service.
Tanzil, Sarah. "YouTube Deletes 30,000 Files After a Copyright Complaint." The New York Times 21 Oct. 2006: Technology.
belongs to YouTube, Copyright Ownership, and the Television Industry project
tagged google intellectual_property internet japan jasrac video_sharing youtube
by zeba
...on 16-APR-08
Television companies and internet video-sharing services are conflicting on issues of copyright infringement. YouTube, owned by Google Inc., is no stranger to the barrage of litigation that has ensued because of illegal postings on the site. Viacom, Inc. notably filed a recent lawsuit against YouTube for broadcasting clips from the network's affiliated television programs without legal permission.
This project explores the role of copyright ownership in the volatile relationship between the television industry's copyright owners and the Internet video-sharing service icon, YouTube.
Even Japanese television companies have accused YouTube of illegally displaying clips from their copyrighted programming. Google Inc. has faced a multitude of requests for copyrighted snippets to be removed from the YouTube site. Faced with the possibility of crippled business, Google, Inc. is addressing this problem both legally and technologically. The company has put efforts into researching and developing video-recognition system technology that would automatically disable the use of copyrighted clips without permission. My project will study the nuances of copyright law that are at risk of infringement in video-sharing sites, and specifically within the television companies' legal cases and negotiations. In addition the project will seek to define and discuss the technological aspect of enforcing copyright adherence among video-sharing end users.