Music Publishers Join YouTube Lawsuit

[ariesgem]

August 06,2007 | NEW YORK -- A group of music publishing companies said Monday it is joining a copyright infringement lawsuit against Google Inc.'s video-sharing site YouTube.

The National Music Publishers' Association said it was joining the lawsuit out of concern that many songwriters weren't receiving proper compensation when their music appeared on YouTube videos.

The lawsuit also includes as plaintiffs The Football Association Premier League and Viacom Inc., a media company that owns MTV, Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central.

The plaintiffs say YouTube is breaking the law by hosting video clips that they hold the copyrights to. However, YouTube says it's complying with the law by immediately taking down any clips found to be violating copyrights after receiving notification.

David Israelite, chief executive of the NMPA, said in a statement that the music publishers' group was "very concerned about YouTube's approach to copyright."

The lawsuits have been combined for trial purposes into one case being heard by U.S. District Judge Louis L. Stanton in New York.

http://www.salon.com/wire/ap/archive.html?wire=D8QRQ5BO0.html

[Tektonik]

1. I wish they could find a middle ground with all of this

but to be honest, Youtube seems to do a decent job at taking off any decent clips from Viacom artists in like 5 sec.s after they've been uploaded :(

[Omphaloskepsis]

2. These people are stupid.. They need to work with Youtube.

They need to sit down at the table and figure out how to make money from Youtube. Put a damn ad at the end of each video and make some cash.

edit :: forgot a word