glane21 Posted October 20, 2006 Posted October 20, 2006 YouTube has deleted over 29k files at request of Japanese media companies. So there may soon be no new anime found there. Who didn't see this coming? YouTube has a big target on it and Google reeaally f'ed up by buying it. Why? Because they have assloads of money and the infringement lawyers know it and are foaming at the mouths to sue them for it. I expect the lawsuits to start flying soon. full story: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20061020/wr_nm/internet_japan_youtube_dc_1 ://http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=sto...n_youtube_dc_1 Quote
Macross73 Posted October 21, 2006 Posted October 21, 2006 that sucks. I enjoyed be ing able to see mazinger epsiodes and other anime clips on there. Quote
sketchley Posted October 21, 2006 Posted October 21, 2006 the fact that YouTube has deleted the copyright infringing files upon request AND signed some kind of an agreement with two of the big multimedia companies in the USA, reduces the chance of any big lawsuits coming their way. Also, technology, and the general perception of it, has changed since the days of the lawsuits that affected Napster. Please expect more positive results from the purchase, and try to find better reporters than the ones that you've been referring to, to date. Quote
lord_breetai Posted October 21, 2006 Posted October 21, 2006 Well, I remember a feek weeks ago Wanner Bros asked Youtube to take down all Powerpuff girls eps, but they were back up inside a week. And this seems big and co-ordinated, I think it's more serious. Quote
Hikuro Posted October 21, 2006 Posted October 21, 2006 All my fandubs of Macross and Gundam and crap are still up. Quote
glane21 Posted October 21, 2006 Author Posted October 21, 2006 the fact that YouTube has deleted the copyright infringing files upon request AND signed some kind of an agreement with two of the big multimedia companies in the USA, reduces the chance of any big lawsuits coming their way. Also, technology, and the general perception of it, has changed since the days of the lawsuits that affected Napster. Please expect more positive results from the purchase, and try to find better reporters than the ones that you've been referring to, to date. Are you kidding? Lawyers live to find loopholes to allow them to sue companies with deep pockets like Google. Even if by some miracle Google develops some software to stop the upload of copyrighted material, some will get by for some length of time and that's all they need. Plus how long has all that stuff been out there to date. There is huge liability. I'm not saying I want them to be sued or taking sides. I just can't believe the legal dept. at Google ok'd the purchase. Quote
sketchley Posted October 21, 2006 Posted October 21, 2006 Legal... does the law state that the current owner is liable for the practices of the previous owner? Do we even know what type of agreement google has made? (As in: is YouTube still considered to be a seperate financial and legal entity, and any legal action against it is not going to go to the 'owners', and stay firmly with the operators) Most importantly, how much of the posted content falls under the "fare use" sections and/or clauses of such things as copyright law, and the law created around digital works? And is the host company liable for user generated and posted content? There are these, and a lot more questions out there. What is safe to say is that google has created an agreement, and its legal department has agreed that they have plans to make sure that a) Youtube stays on the good side of legality, b) Youtube remains famous, and c) Youtube will bring in more (given the purchase price, a lot more) profit for the business entity google, and the people who receive a percentage of the company's profits. Quote
glane21 Posted October 23, 2006 Author Posted October 23, 2006 Legal... does the law state that the current owner is liable for the practices of the previous owner? Do we even know what type of agreement google has made? (As in: is YouTube still considered to be a seperate financial and legal entity, and any legal action against it is not going to go to the 'owners', and stay firmly with the operators) If you buy a company you absorb all it's assets and liabilities. Consider, for example, there was a company that bought another company which had previously made asbestos. The new owner got nailed with waves of asbestos lawsuits. I forget the names, but this is an actual case. Most importantly, how much of the posted content falls under the "fare use" sections and/or clauses of such things as copyright law, and the law created around digital works? And is the host company liable for user generated and posted content? All the now defunct file sharing sites tried the same argument and were sued out of existence. There are these, and a lot more questions out there. What is safe to say is that google has created an agreement, and its legal department has agreed that they have plans to make sure that a) Youtube stays on the good side of legality, b) Youtube remains famous, and c) Youtube will bring in more (given the purchase price, a lot more) profit for the business entity google, and the people who receive a percentage of the company's profits. I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree and see what happens Quote
Fortress_Maximus Posted October 23, 2006 Posted October 23, 2006 *yawns* Why can't we just agree that YouTube is great but people abuse it by posting licensed work without the permission of the owners? All the rest is just noise, we saw this coming it should not be a surprise to anyone. Quote
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