[A2k] Japan: YouTube 'should check copyright'

[Jeff Williams]

Vint and all,

  True enough Vint.  None the less this does not preclude you from
being proactive as a matter of good business practice as well
as good PR for google and it's stockholders.  Stockholders
whom I have been in contact with seem very concerned that
a lack of adequate good management is being exercised on
the part of Google/YouTube and may result in future legal
actions by copyright holders which would have a downwards
impact on stockholders value.  Such also can give some
users a hint of warning indicating to them that perhaps some
of what Google/YouTube provides is not entirely accurate
or honest.

  Hence your pat response does not engender confidence, and
indicates and/or reflects/projects poor management practice.

Vint Cerf wrote:

> The standard practice in the online industry is called "notice and takedown"
> - if someone discovers copyright material that is improperly posted, and
> notifies the service provider of this, upon validation, the material is
> removed.
>
> Vinton G Cerf
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Williams [mailto:jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 2:33 AM
> To: Michelle Childs
> Cc: a2k@lists.essential.org; vinton g. cerf
> Subject: Re: [A2k] Japan: YouTube 'should check copyright'
>
> Michelle and all,
>
>   Maybe Japanese right holders should forward all these incodencents
> directly to Vint Cerf, self appointed "Father of the internet" and Google's
> "Internet evangelist" and ask him to intervene?  After all, Google ownes
> YouTube now.
>
>   As a stock holder of Google myself, I find YouTube's lack of
> professionalism appalling and not expectable.
>
> Michelle Childs wrote:
>
> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6209414.stm
> >
> > YouTube 'should check copyright'
> >
> > Video website YouTube should proactively check if videos infringe
> > copyright, a group representing Japanese rights holders has said.
> >
> > The Japan Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers
> > wants videos checked before they go online.
> >
> > More than 100m videos are watched each day via YouTube and many are
> > posted without necessary permissions.
> >
> > Last month 30,000 clips were taken down by YouTube at the request of
> > the Japanese entertainment group.
> >
> > YouTube's policy has been to remove clips that infringe copyright
> > after it receives complaints.
> >
> > The current system "is not functioning well due to the [continued]
> > large volume of illegal uploads," said the letter, reported the
> > Associated Press.
> >
> > 'Vulnerable'
> >
> > YouTube is seen by some analysts as vulnerable to legal claims for
> > distributing content owned by other media.
> >
> > The Japanese group has written to YouTube asking for a preliminary
> > screening system for video clips and a series of provisional measures,
> > including posting messages in Japanese about "illegal uploads".
> >
> > The group also wants uploaders - people who post videos online - to
> > have to register their details and face bans if they violate copyright.
> >
> > YouTube, which is owned by Google, has been negotiating with leading
> > copyright holders and reached agreement with several firns, letting
> > the website post copyrighted music videos and other content in
> > exchange for sharing advertising revenue.
> >
> > The website has licensing deals with CBS and three major recording
> > companies: Warner Music, Universal Music Group and Sony BMG Music
> > Entertainment.
> >
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> Regards,
> --
> Jeffrey A. Williams
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Regards,

--
Jeffrey A. Williams
Spokesman for INEGroup LLA. - (Over 134k members/stakeholders strong!)
"Obedience of the law is the greatest freedom" -
   Abraham Lincoln

"Credit should go with the performance of duty and not with what is
very often the accident of glory" - Theodore Roosevelt

"If the probability be called P; the injury, L; and the burden, B;
liability depends upon whether B is less than L multiplied by
P: i.e., whether B is less than PL."
United States v. Carroll Towing  (159 F.2d 169 [2d Cir. 1947]
===============================================================
Updated 1/26/04
CSO/DIR. Internet Network Eng. SR. Eng. Network data security
IDNS. div. of Information Network Eng.  INEG. INC.
ABA member in good standing member ID 01257402
E-Mail jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com
 Registered Email addr with the USPS
Contact Number: 214-244-4827