Reactions to YouTube's newly proposed antipiracy software policy

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Reactions to YouTube's newly proposed antipiracy software policy

02-19-2007, 10:26 AM,

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Reactions to YouTube's newly proposed antipiracy software policy

Quote:YouTube, owned by Google, plans to introduce technology to help media companies identify pirated videos uploaded by users. But the tools are currently being offered as part of broader negotiations on licensing deals, they said.

The move contrasts with YouTube's biggest rival, News Corp.'s, popular Internet social network, MySpace, which said on Monday it would offer its own version of copyright protection services for free.

YouTube's "proposition that they will only protect copyrighted content if there's a business deal in place is unacceptable," a spokesman for Viacom, owner of MTV Networks and Comedy Central, said this week.

One media industry source likened YouTube's policy to a "mafia shakedown." ...

full article: http://news.com.com/YouTube+antipiracy+s...60405.html

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