James Delahunty
16 Feb 2007 14:32
Google Inc.'s YouTube service has once again clashed with media companies over anti-piracy tools that the company will soon offer. The problem this time is that YouTube will only give access to anti-piracy tools to companies who have distribution deals with the service. YouTube's tool would help companies identify pirated content posted to the site.
YouTube's rival, MySpace, will offer its own version of copyright protecting software 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 Inc., owner of MTV Networks and Comedy Central, said.
Viacom recently demanded that YouTube remove about 100,000 video clips from the site after they failed to reach a distribution deal.
Source:
Reuters