Flach Film said that by enabling access to the documentary for free, Google is clearly violating the country's intellectual property laws. It demands compensation for the unauthorized display of the video, which is distributed to cinemas and is available on DVD. Google claims that the film was removed from the service once the company was aware of the unauthorized copy, adding that uploading "illegal" videos is against the terms and conditions.
Flach Film may believe that it has lost revenue due to the film's brief appearance on Google Video, but one has to wonder just how many of the 43,000 views were actually full views or more importantly, how many of the 43,000 viewers would even know it existed if it wasn't for Google Video?
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