YouTube goes to Japan
p2pnet.net News:- YouTube.com is to send a “delegation” to Japan to meet with the Japan Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers (JASRAC) over copyright infringement claims.
Recently, YouTube owner Google deleted 29,549 videos following demands from copyright-related rights organizations, NHK and other broadcasters, and JASRAC.
They said YouTube allowed users to post and view copyrighted TV shows, movie clips and music videos.
Now, in a reply to JASRAC letter, YouTube ceo Chad Hurley and cto Steve Chen, YouTube, “acknowledged that it needed to post a notice in Japanese on its Web site telling users not to upload copyrighted content,” says Reuters.
“The date of the meeting between YouTube executives and the Japanese group has yet to be decided,” adds the story.
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Also See:
29,549 videos – YouTube videos deleted, Ocober 20, 2006.
Reuters – YouTube to meet Japan media on copyright protest, December 19, 2006
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