Obwohl er Google bereits im Juni aufgefordert habe, die insgesamt vier Videos zurückzuziehen, sei das letzte davon erst diese Woche gelöscht worden. Nach Angaben des spanischen Amtes für Datenschutz droht den Tätern für die Aufnahme und Verbreitung d
Earlier this summer, the National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC) researched the extent of copyrighted material being hosted on Google Video and released a “Top 50” list of apparently copyrighted movies. In the latest “spot check” of the site condu
And so YouTube became a massive lawsuit electromagnet, attracting legal challenges from across the country and around the world. Google has maintained that most complaints should fall under the DMCA's Safe Harbor provision—meaning that a web site oper
French production house Flach Film has filed a suit against Google US and its French division Google France in a commercial court in Paris.They say the film has been “downloaded” 50,000 times (Google doesn’t tally the number of downloads, so they’
So interested, in fact, that he dedicated a Nov. 14 posting on his blog to a motion for summary judgment filed by Tur's lawyers. "To say the stakes are huge would be an understatement," wrote Cuban, who subsequently highlighted an argument made by Tur's l
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
The popular U.S.-based video-sharing Web site YouTube has deleted nearly 30,000 files over copyright concerns after being asked by a group representing Japan's entertainment industry. The Japan Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers, foun
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.
Google (or whomever) should resist falling for the chimera of traffic stats and millions of videos watched. These stats from Hitwise show that while things are not going as well for Google Video, they are not that bad either if they decided to work alone
