The widely-used and much reviled term “user-generated content” implies that somebody is making something. But the dirty little secret of “user-generated” sites like YouTube and MySpace is that much of the content is not made by the users themselve
What’s interesting here is that Bayern president Karl-Heinz Rummenigge is complaining about footage taken by the fans themselves, not professionally created videos. He claims that access to these clips on YouTube is harming the team’s own video site,
Google is “engaged in a frantic round of negotiations” with traditional media companies, even offering tens of millions of dollars in upfront payments to ward off any potential copyright lawsuits. Google CEO Eric Schmidt has met with top execs from CB
In a poll late last year, 13% of Internet users currently downloading movies using peer-to-peer services said they would pay $20 per film to do it legally; 18% of those downloading TV shows would pay $5. At lower prices the numbers are even larger: 38% of
YouTube hat Paramount die Userdaten von Uploadern ausgehändigt, die fragliches Material hochgeladen haben. Der User wurde verklagt und YouTube hat einen Präzedenzfall geschaffen: Verklagt die User nicht uns!
The problem for YouTube is, blocked content has a way of flowing to other sources, and it will surely take viewers with it. New owners Google find themselves in a tight spot. They either get sued by unhappy content providers, or get abandoned by fans look
Es geht los und es ist Warner! Dick Parsons, the chairman of Time Warner, fired a shot across the bows of Google, saying his group would pursue its copyright complaints against the video sharing site YouTube.com.
So, mark my words, YouTube will get sued. And it will lose. The tools it is talking about, that identify and remove copyrighted content, will have to be rushed into practice. So, mark my words, YouTube will get sued. And it will lose.
