Monday, October 23, 2006

And So It Begins ...

Video-sharing service YouTube has wiped nearly 30,000 files from its website after Japanese media companies said their copyright was being infringed.

More here.

5 comments:

Joe said...

Man, you called that shit. Once the suits get involved the fun stops.

Jay said...

I hate to say it, but I think Google inadvertently fucked YouTube when they bought 'em. You can't buy a company for that much money without alerting the sharks ...

Dave said...

Hopefully (for Google) they included indemnities in the paperwork against lawsuits stemming from prior acts. Or something like that.

Dave, Esq.

Dave said...

Looks like its getting worse (and closer to home):

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eat-the-press/2006/10/30/and-the-youtube-purge-beg_e_32805.html

Jay said...

Shit.