Andre Yoskowitz
11 Jun 2007 11:58
Cal IV Entertainment, a country music publishing company that owns copyrights to many hit singles including a few by Tim McGraw and Faith Hill filed a class action lawsuit against YouTube last week.
The company alleges that the video sharing site is home to more than 60 copyrighted songs and accuses YouTube "of direct, induced, vicarious and contributory copyright infringement."
"YouTube has failed to adopt and reasonably implement a policy that provides for the termination of repeat-infringing YouTube subscribers and account holders," the complaint reads. "YouTube also fails to monitor works it [had] previously been notified are being infringed."
YouTube is under fire from a few lawsuits including ones from the English Premier Soccer League, David Grisman, and the state of New Jersey.
Cal IV complaints that it is very hard for the company to track down work that may be infringing due to the random nature the videos are tagged by users. The company also alleges that although they are enrolled in YouTube's Content Verification Program, new copyrighted material is found on the site daily.
Source:
Yahoo