YouTube to meet Japan media on copyright protest
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Executives of YouTube.com are to meet a  group of Japanese media firms that complained to the video  sharing Internet site over copyright infringement, the Japanese  organization said.
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Google Inc.'s  YouTube  has agreed to a deal with major music label EMI Group Plc   to give users of the video-sharing site broad access to  music videos by EMI artists.
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The world&#39;s top Internet search engine Google is looking to launch YouTube in South Korea later this year to capitalise on the fast-growing user created content market here, a report said Friday.
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YouTube pulls videos posted by the Rational Response Squad after a Creationist group claims they violate DMCA copyright laws. When squad members complain, YouTube bans them.
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(InfoWorld) - YouTube will start displaying a notice in Japanese on its Web site warning users against uploading copyright content, its two founders told representatives of a broad group of Japanese copyright holders on Tuesday in their firstÂ face-to-face meeting. The Japanese language message was the only concession YouTube offered in the meeting, according to those present. No time frame was given for when the message will appear. The meeting, which ran for about two hours, was held in response to aÂ complaint made in DecemberÂ last year by a group of 23 Japanese TV broadcasters and associations representing copyright holders. The group had also asked YouTube to register the names and addresses of users making uploads and terminate the accounts of those who illegally upload copyrighted content. "The meeting went quite well and it was a very friendly manner," said Satoshi Watanabe, manager of the transmission rights department at the Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers. JASRAC sent the original complaint on behalf of the other companies and associations and Tuesday's meeting was held at its Tokyo headquarters. "We are very satisfied with the direct negotiation realized and this should be a first step to carrying on... but their reply itself is not satisfactory today so we'd like to solve the issues," he said. YouTube CEO Chad Hurley, Chief Technology Officer Steven Chen and GoogleÂ Vice President of Contents Partnership, David Eun, attended the meeting but didn't offer any comments afterwards and sped away from JASRAQ in waiting taxis. Later, YouTube issued a brief statement that confirmed its commitment to respect copyright and thanked the organizations for the meeting. At the meeting the YouTube founders outlined their plans to develop a system that will be able to automatically scan uploaded video files and identify some that infringe on copyright, but no time frame was given for the launch of the system, representatives of the Japanese group said at a news conference. They also confirmed plans to begin paying uploaders for popular content providing the uploader owns the copyright. If such a service was to begin it would require uploaders to register their real names and addresses with YouTube in order to receive payment and that step would likely mean such users are unlikely to infringe on copyrighted material. The Japanese copyright holders are spooked by YouTube's site because of the large number of Japanese clips and users. The complaint was prompted afterÂ YouTube deleted 30,000 filesÂ judged to infringe on copyright of Japanese organizations and new files quickly found their way onto the site. YouTube is easily the most popular English-language Web site in Japan and one of the most popular overall. According to some estimates a third of all its traffic comes from Japan. The meeting comes days after YouTube found itselfÂ in hot-water with Viacom International, which owns cable channels such as MTV, Nickelodeon, and Comedy Central. Viacom demanded over 100,000 clips be removed from YouTube because they contained its copyrighted content. Viacom had been talking to YouTube for several months trying to work out a revenue sharing scheme under which it could share profit from the clips but lost patience with YouTube when the talks made little progress. Copyright issues have been buzzing around YouTube ever since it became a household name and kick-started the online video sharing market. Google acquired YouTubeÂ in a $1.65 billion all-stock deal in November last year. With such a high value attached to the site, some suggested it became a bigger target for content providers unhappy at their material being uploaded to YouTube. Google appears to have shared the concern and put aside 12.5 percent of the acquisition amount in an escrow account for one year to "secure certain indemnification obligations." Since the acquisition YouTube and Google have been negotiating with copyright holders. Â
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Google Inc., racing to head off a  media industry backlash over its video Web site YouTube, will  soon offer anti-piracy technologies to help all copyright  holders thwart unauthorized video sharing, its chief executive  said on Wednesday.
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Google Inc.'s  YouTube  has agreed to a breakthrough deal with major music label EMI  Group Plc  to give users of YouTube's video sharing site  broad access to music videos by EMI artists.
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Top executives from YouTube are due in Tokyo next week for talks with some of Japan's largest video content producers over copyrighted material available on the popular site.
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(InfoWorld) - Users of YouTube's online video service will soon be able to view news, TV series, documentaries, and other programs from the British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC). Under the nonexclusive partnership, the BBC and its commercial subsidiary BBC Worldwide will create its own advertising-funded commercial "channels" on YouTube, the companies said Friday. The deal comes on the heels ofÂ revenue-sharing agreementsÂ YouTube has reached with other content providers, including Wind-up Records and the National Basketball Association, which plans its own NBA channel. The BBC is keen to broaden its audience and, in particular, use YouTube to generate new revenue. By promoting current programming via YouTube, the broadcasting company also hopes to attract users to its own Web-based, on-demand iPlayer service, formerly known as iMP (integrated Media Player). While the BBC, the U.K. public broadcaster, will provide advertising-free clips of news shows and promotional content linked to TV series such as "Doctor Who" and "Life on Mars," its commercial unit will offer an ad-funded entertainment channel, "BBC Worldwide," featuring clips from programs including "Top Gear," "Spooks" and "The Catherine Tate Show." Another channel, BBC World, will deliver around 30 news clips per day, with up-to-the-minute news and analysis from around the world. The content will come from the BBC Global News Division. Users will be able to comment on clips and post their own video responses to communicate with the BBC and other viewers. Advertising-funded clips will be available only to users outside the U.K. The BBC's deal with YouTube could spark criticism from media companies that accuse the broadcasting company of bending the rules of its public service broadcasting mission, funded by a compulsory license fee, by moving into commercial Web ventures. The company's new on-demand offerings, including the iPlayer service, are currently undergoing a "public value test" by the BBC Trust, which works on behalf of license-fee payers. The offerings have been given provisional approval pending a further consultation and final decision by May 2.
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YouTube is offering no refuge for users who uploaded copies of Fox Television&#8217;s 24 and Simpsons according to Internet.com&#8217;s ASPnews.  A 20th Century Fox spokesperson says that Google and Live Digital have complied &#8220;with subpoenas issued by the U.S. District Court in Northern California and disclosed to Fox the identities of two individuals who illegally [...]
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TechWeb - The media industry is clashing with YouTube over its proposal to offer anti-piracy tools only to companies that have distribution deals with the top online video-sharing service.
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Apple says that YouTube content will be available via it's Apple TV set-top box, which could lead to Apple's involvement in a copyright battle.
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YouTube, one of the world's most popular Web sites, might be headed for a crash. At least one industry watcher is predicting crippling copyright-violation litigation coming from the entertainment industry.
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Google Inc.'s YouTube signed a deal  with Digital Music Group Inc. to post more than 4,000 hours of  video content such as classic television shows to the  video-sharing site, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
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Google Inc. , racing to  head off a media industry backlash over its video Web site  YouTube, will soon offer anti-piracy technologies to help all  copyright holders thwart unauthorized video sharing, its chief  executive said on Wednesday.
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TOKYO -- A Japanese entertainment group has asked the popular video-sharing site YouTube Inc. to implement a system to prevent users from uploading videos that would infringe copyrights, a group spokesman said yesterday.
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Users of YouTube's online video service will soon be able to view news, TV series, documentaries and other programs from the BBC.