REPORT: YOUTUBE Hands Over User Info to FOX
This is a good example of the few wrecking it for the masses. Fox, and any other network/studio for that matter, is justified in obtainging the names from Google. Google will take much heat , but they need to put controls in place to assure this isn’t happening:
Google’s YouTube and a company called Live Digital will offer no refuge to users who uploaded pirated copies of Fox Television’s “24″ and “The Simpsons” onto their video platforms.
In an e-mail to internetnews.com, a 20th Century Fox Television spokesperson said that Google and Live Digital complied with subpoenas issued by the U.S. District Court in Northern California and disclosed to Fox the identities of two individuals who illegally uploaded entire episodes of “24″ prior to its broadcast and DVD release.
According to copies of the subpoena applications, Fox found this season’s first four episodes of “24″ on LiveDigital and YouTube on Jan. 8, a full week before they were to air for the first time in the U.S.
“24″ is a program on network TV. On network TV, a programs survival depends on ratings and ad sales. Putting them on YouTube is theft. There is no part of the COTUS here to protect you. This is but one example. YouTube is still in hot water over other issues:
Since Google purchased YouTube for $1.56 billion last fall, the company has been besieged by similar complaints of copyright infringement.
Last week, for example, media giant Viacom demanded YouTube take down 100,000 clips, including content from MTV, Comedy Central and other networks.
Viacom said “it has become clear that YouTube is unwilling to come to a fair market agreement” on content distribution.
Some media companies have been more congenial. According to a Google spokesperson, of the big four music labels, only EMI is yet to sign a revenue-sharing deal with Google.
And today, Digital Music Group announced it entered into an agreement with Google to make more than 4,000 hours of video content and approximately 40,000 music recordings available to the YouTube community.
This ruling for Fox is going to be key to the future of YouTube as we know it!
Sam has Google Hands Over Names to Fox in 24 Piracy Controversy
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February 15, 2007 - 10:23 AM on February 15th, 2007
Google Hands Over Names to Fox in 24 Piracy Controversy
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February 15, 2007 - 02:08 PM on February 15th, 2007
Remembering the Maine
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February 15, 2007 - 09:05 PM on February 15th, 2007
Open Topic of the Week: The Pigeon’s Presidential Poll
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February 17, 2007 - 02:21 PM on February 17th, 2007
Happy Valentine’s Day
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