Olympic Committee Takedown Shows Risks of Ill-Timed Take-Downs | Electronic Frontier Foundation: “Olympic Committee Takedown Shows Risks of Ill-Timed Take-Downs” Deeplink by Corynne McSherry It’s never OK to use improper copyright claims to take down…
(Via Techdirt.) The IOC Joins the DMCA Censorship Club: “The International Olympic Committee is no stranger to overzealous protection of what they perceive to be their intellectual property. We’ve covered their ridiculous attempts to change…
Turkish courts impose ban on YouTube WSWS : News & Analysis : Middle East : Turkey Turkish courts impose ban on YouTube By Kerem Kaya, 6 August 2008 On May 5, all access to the…
Video websites ‘must vet content’: “Online firms including YouTube need to do more to protect children from the ‘dark side’ of the internet, MPs have said.” (Via BBC News.)
YouTube’s Porn Policy Might Land It in Legal Trouble: “How hard is it to find porn on YouTube? Hard enough that the Internet giant might be inadvertently opening itself up to increased legal scrutiny.” (Via…
(Via Techdirt.) UK Politicians Demand YouTube Vet Content To ‘Protect The Children’: “Various safe harbors for service providers that protect them from the actions of their users make a lot of common sense. It’s simply…
(Via Techdirt.) Viacom Ignores Promise: Sends Bogus Takedowns To YouTube: “You may recall that back before it sued YouTube, Viacom sent the company 100,000 takedown notices, many of which turned out not to violate Viacom’s…
YouTube Agrees to Share Viewer Data: “Defendants and plaintiffs in two copyright infringement lawsuits against YouTube have reached a deal to protect the privacy of millions of YouTube watchers during evidence discovery. (Via NYT >…
Viacom ‘backs off’ YouTube demand: “Google and Viacom reach a deal to protect the personal details of YouTube viewers while evidence is collected for a legal case.” (Via BBC News.)
Bits: One Subpoena Is All It Takes to Reveal Your Online Life: “The court order forcing Google to turn over records of who has viewed and uploaded videos on YouTube shows how much information about…