Google: If Viacom Can’t Figure Out Which Videos Are Infringing, How Can They Expect Us To Do So For Them? (techdirt.com)

Viacom has been making mistakes, forcing content offline that wasn’t actually infringing which leads him to note perceptively: “Viacom seems unable to determine what constitutes infringing content, [yet] its lawyers believe that we should have the responsibility and ability to do it for them.” If even Viacom is unable to police its own content correctly, how can they claim that it’s no problem for Google?

Permalink: http://www.gstories.com/2007/04/01/google-if-viacom-cant-figure-out-which-videos-are-infringing-how-can-they-expect-us-to-do-so-for-them/
Original News Article: http://techdirt.com/articles/20070329/210234.shtml
Entry posted on: Sunday, April 1st, 2007 at 3:25 pm
Categories: Google, Legal, YouTube.
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