The Gold Rush to Sue Google

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The Gold Rush To Sue Google...

By: Andy Beal
2007-08-02

...Over YouTube Copyright Infringement. Now that Google has announced plans to use better copyright detection technology...

...on YouTube this Fall it seems theres a mad rush to file law suits.

Its almost as if copyright holders realize they only have until the Fall to get their law suit filed and claim damages from Google. After Google launches its new detection technology, the copyright infringement claims will have less of a sure footing.

The latest to jump on the law suit bandwagon is a coalition of Japanese media companies.

YouTube has to stop how it runs its site and get rid of the illegal clips. We want them to reset the service, composer Hideki Matsutake told a joint press conference in Tokyo Thursday. The coalition met with YouTube and Google executives earlier in the week, the second such meeting this year.

There is no middle ground, Matsutake said. We demand that all copyrighted material be removed immediately.

YouTube has already removed 30,000 videos in October, after the Japanese group originally complained. I guess if you enjoy watching grown men eat roaches while crabs dangle from their nipples, this is your last call. ;-)

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Andy Beal is an internet marketing consultant and considered one of the world's most respected and interactive search engine marketing experts. Andy has worked with many Fortune 1000 companies such as Motorola, CitiFinancial, Lowes, Alaska Air, DeWALT, NBC and Experian.

You can read his internet marketing blog at Marketing Pilgrim and reach him at andy.beal@gmail.com.


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