"YouTube Removes 29,000 Files After Japanese Firm Complains Google Inc.'s YouTube.com removed 29,549 video files from its popular Web site after receiving a demand from a group of Japanese media companies over copyright infringement, an industry group said. The television, music and movie clips had been posted without the permission of copyright holders, the Tokyo-based Japan Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers said in a statement. Read more: http://www.gigalaw.com/news/2006/10/youtube-removes-29000-files-after.html (Source: Reuters)"
Stay tuned -- and join us for the session "Searching for Fair Use: How Google's Copyright Battles will Affect Access to Assets" at MCN 2006, Pasadena. Sponsored by the IP SIG. Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources & Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem Chair, MCN IP SIG
