Mediaset Sues YouTube for $779 Million in Damages

[JMcEntegart]

It seems Google and YouTube are facing yet more legal proceedings, this time from an Italian media company.

Mediaset Sues YouTube for $779 Million in Damages : Read more

 

[Guest]

Mediaset might think to pay its 379 Million of Euros FINE to the EU Community before considering to sue everybody else... Or do they want to get the cash before that?

They are the perspective of their role leader... Pure S..T !!!!

Just add "HI" to the missing letters...

An angry italian reader.

 

[blackened144]

They probably cant pay those fines without this settlement.

 

[jaragon13]

In layman's terms : Mediaset and Viacom are greedy capitalist fuckers.

 

[DM0407]

"An angry italian reader."

Not bad, not one word ended in a vowel!

Its human nature, hes got money so lets find a way to get it without actually working for it. Maybe Mediaset should crash into Google and say its neck hurts, they might get further.

 

[evilshuriken]

First it was emo music, now it's suing youtube, dang ruffians!

 

[mdillenbeck]

I have a question - who is responsible for ensuring copyrighted material doesn't get posted? Should it be the owner of the site, the account holder of the site or the company?

Is it reasonable to say YouTube has to monitor all the files uploaded to their site for copyright infringement? Do we trust the account holder to report whether or not they have uploaded or viewed copyrighted materials? Do we put the burden on the copyright owner to visit every web site on the web and check every download-able/viewable file available for copyright infringement?

What do you all think is reasonable and fair?

 

[jhansonxi]

[citation][nom]MDillenbeck[/nom]I have a question - who is responsible for ensuring copyrighted material doesn't get posted? Should it be the owner of the site, the account holder of the site or the company?[/citation]It's a nearly impossible situation in the USA since anything produced is assumed to be copyrighted and no registration is required. There is no central reference where a host can check submitted content against to see if it's copyrighted or not. Someone could post a video of their toddlers singing a birthday song and the lyrics and tune could be copyrighted by a composer somewhere. If the kids are wearing commercially made birthday hats the designs on those hats are copyrighted. Every one of these uses are potential violations.