Pretty much, they leave it up to the copyright owner to submit a complaint and then will remove the video. But if you think they are deleting infringing users on sight, you are not paying attention to the rampant amount of copyright violation that is taking place on YouTube....and they remove copyrighted stuff and delete the infringing users on sight....
I don't see how it's Google's fault that their users are uploading copyrighted content onto YouTube. They explicitly state that copyrighted stuff is not to be uploaded, and they remove copyrighted stuff and delete the infringing users on sight. YouTube IS a user-driven community, after all.
I see how Dr. Evil would disagree with me though.
You're thinking of trademark law. If you don't defend the trademarks you use in commerce, you could lose your right to those trademarks. You can register trademarks to help protect them for your use.According to the law, if you don't vigorously go after people that might be violating your copyright, then you could lose your ownership of those properties. The only people that'll get paid from this lawsuit are the lawyers.
This is the reason why CBS pulled out of the deal with YouTube. Now they can go back in and sue for some money.
Yes and no, CBS and Viacom were spun off separate but are still owned by the same company.CBS is Viacom.
I don't get it though. What can YouTube do?
That's like suing the city because drug dealers sell drugs while standing on city-owned sidewalks.
YouTube users are abusing the system to post pirated content. YouTube shuts them down as soon as it becomes aware of it. YouTube tells users not to. But there's no way they can prevent it, it's impossible.
Your analogy is good.I don't get it though. What can YouTube do?
That's like suing the city because drug dealers sell drugs while standing on city-owned sidewalks.
YouTube users are abusing the system to post pirated content. YouTube shuts them down as soon as it becomes aware of it. YouTube tells users not to. But there's no way they can prevent it, it's impossible.
You're thinking of trademark law. If you don't defend the trademarks you use in commerce, you could lose your right to those trademarks. You can register trademarks to help protect them for your use.
You never lose your copyright to works that you create. They don't have to be registered or anything - your copyrights exist as soon as you create the work.
I don't get it though. What can YouTube do?
That's like suing the city because drug dealers sell drugs while standing on city-owned sidewalks.
YouTube users are abusing the system to post pirated content. YouTube shuts them down as soon as it becomes aware of it. YouTube tells users not to. But there's no way they can prevent it, it's impossible.
Your analogy is good.
I do not understand how YouTube can be held accountable.
But they don't profit. GooTube doesn't place advertising on pages with content unless they have a specific licensing agreement in place with the content owner.Because Google/YouTube is profiting from the copyright infringements, which is why the analogy doesn't work.
But they don't profit. GooTube doesn't place advertising on pages with content unless they have a specific licensing agreement in place with the content owner.
Google is going to rely on the "safe harbor" provisions of the DMCA for service providers. They will argue that they have no control or knowledge of what is posted on their site and that they act with all due haste when presented with a DMCA violation notice. Viacom will try to show that Google is aware of the copyright violations and that they are trying to obfuscate or hinder the ability of content providers to notify them of DMCA violations.
Well Napster was just hosting the content too and that got shut down. The difference is Google is much bigger then Napster and will be able to fight it better.Your analogy is good.
I do not understand how YouTube can be held accountable.
This will be an interesting case to follow.