YouTube told to remove 100,000 videos

[Diesel1]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6326523.stm

Viacom, the parent firm of cable networks MTV and Nickelodeon, has told popular video sharing site YouTube to remove 100,000 "unauthorised" clips.

YouTube and its parent Google failed to install tools to "filter" the unauthorised video clips, said Viacom.

The firm said after talks over several months YouTube seemed "unwilling to come to a fair market agreement" to let readers access Viacom content.

YouTube has said it will comply with Viacom's request.

'Passionate audience'

The firm said that it works with "all copyright holders to identify and promptly remove infringing content" as soon as it is officially notified.

But it added that it was "unfortunate" that Viacom would no longer be able to "benefit from YouTube's passionate audience which had helped promote many of Viacom's shows".

The latest move comes after the Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers made a complaint of breach of copyright in November.

In response, YouTube agreed to remove some 30,000 files from the site.

While some sites, including CBS, have struck deals allowing YouTube to use their video clips, others are still negotiating similar agreements.

[Camel Jockey]

fucking nazis..

[gordiano]

Dumbfucks.


They help promote your products/shows.



Just as stupid as the NFL.

[Deadpool]

they will just be reposted 

[BayGBM]

they will just be reposted 

... as private videos.  Vids on youtube can be tagged by the poster for public or private viewing.  Private videos can only be viewed by people in your network of family or friends. 

[Hedgehog]

This will open up for "Wetube.com" or whatever the alternative site will call itself.

When youtube emerged, putfile.com (you remember that site?) was still around, but had much tougher conditions, less userfriendly.

So putfile.com went to shits.

Same thing with youtube. It will be numero uno, as long as it is user friendly.

-Hedge