Date: 25 September 2010
By: Asim Shahzad
Youtube, the videos portal owned by Google won the case filed by by Telecinco television contending that the publication of its content on the web violated intellectual property protections. The court accepted Youtube’s verdict that since it is not a content provider, it has no control over the illegality of videos/content posted on the site.
The court accepted the claims made by Youtube calling itself a mere intermediary service of content accommodation. Moreover, Youtube stated that its only responsibility is precisely to collaborate with copyright owners. Telecinco filed the suit two years ago against YouTube for distributing the network's content. A note has been issued by Youtube which says that the site offers a free technological tool called Content ID to copyright holders. This tool allows them to protect their content automatically and avoid having it uploaded to the portal if that is against their wishes as reported.
More than 1,000 media entities in the world use this tool effectively
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