Posted by J. Clarke on 12/08/06 13:30

On Thu, 07 Dec 2006 20:35:07 -0800, admin wrote:

> Colin B wrote:
>> Now that it's easy to put your digital photographs and movies on to a video
>> sharing site, such as "youtube", the question of whether copyright
>> infringements really harm the copyright holders is now a hot topic. See, for
>> example, the article titled:
>>
>> Youtube copyright infringements are not all bad for the copyright holders?
>>
>> http://fredhere.blogspot.com/
>>
>> What do you think of the arguments in this blog? Should copyright holders
>> take a broad view and tolerate copyright infringements on youtube as is
>> suggested in this blog?
>>
>> See also the youtube site: http://www.youtube.com/
>
> Youtube may not be seen as a threat to the individual, but several
> watchdog groups are voicing a legal difference of opinion - including
> the Japanese.
>
> http://www.ng2000.com/fw.php?tp=youtube;copyright

The Japanese can pass any laws they want to. Youtube is not a locale
subject to Japanese law so they're wasting their time.

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