Posted by PTravel on 12/06/06 05:46

"Colin B" <Colin B@cb.org> wrote in message news:457650ee$1@clear.net.nz...
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>> "PTravel" <ptravel@travelersvideo.com> wrote in message
>> news:aerdh.19501$9v5.8152@newssvr29.news.prodigy.net...
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>>> "Colin B" <Colin B@cb.org> wrote in message
>>> news:45763934$1@clear.net.nz...
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>> They have to wait. If they take responsibility for reviewing
>> submissions, they jeopardize their immunity under the statute.
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>>> Just one example, type in in the search area "Elton John" and see how
>>> many videos are likely to be copyright infringers. Do the same for any
>>> other celebrity and you can see the huge number of DVD and TV clips
>>> there are on Youtube that most likely infringe copyright. If I owned a
>>> video sharing web site, I think I would make a concerted effort to take
>>> down videos that obviously infringed copyright.
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>> Why? You're not liable and, if you take an active hand in the content,
>> you run the risk liablity if one slips through.
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> Thanks PTravel for this insight. It seems that the idea of Youtube looking
> for, and then taking down video which has obvious copyright infringements,
> is now being requested by the Japan Society for Rights of Authors. See
> this recent article, for example:
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> http://www.gameshout.com/news/youtube_facing_more_scrutiny_for_copyright_issues_in_japan/article8716.htm
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> It says in this article that, YouTube Inc. has been asked by the Japan
> Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers (JASRAC) to
> install a system that would keep people from uploading videos that
> infringe copyrights. They sent a letter yesterday to YouTube's founders
> asking them to preemptively start filtering copyrighted videos right away.
> Ultimarely, despite the present law, you can't have a video site which has
> thousands of known copyright violations on it! Before long, I suspect
> there will be a law change to put more responsibility on site owners to
> preemptively filter copyrighted videos, as requested by the JASRAC.

I'm licensed to practice law in the U.S. I don't know Japanese copyright
law (except to the extent that it complies with the Berne Convention), and
have no opinion on their request.

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