“Media companies are exerting pressure on YouTube to develop a system to screen material for copyright violations before allowing it on the site. But, regardless of whether courts will require YouTube to implement such a system, it’s becoming clear that the video-sharing site needs to vet claims of infringement better before removing them and suspending user’s accounts.”
From today’s Just an Online Minute from MediaPost.
It echoes loud and clear the music industry’s pressure on Napster to prevent members from sharing MP3 files.
Wonder how YouTube’s fate will differ than what Napster became?
– Mike
