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Japanese group criticizes YouTube |
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Written by Felix Da Silva (fdasilva@bitnip.com)
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Friday, 03 August 2007 |
 A coalition of Japanese television, music and film companies slammed YouTube
Thursday, saying the online video sharing service was not doing enough to rid
the site of cartoons and other clips that infringe on copyrights.
According
to The Associated Press, the group said that it wants Google to disclose more details about the
technology it plans to use to protect copyright and said the search company was
taking too long in unveiling the technology.
The group has met with YouTube and Google executives twice on the matter. YouTube is highly popular in Japan. The site removed nearly
30,000 files in October after the Japanese television, music and film companies
complained, the AP said.
Last week, Google said that they will launch a system in
September which will actively filter the video content to help remove copyright infringing material.
However, Mizuo Sugawara
of the Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers said
What's important to us is what YouTube can do immediately...We
have no guarantee whether the new technology will even work
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