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For such cases, there is the phrase "something happened that should have happened": telecommunications company Viacom, which owns many large media brands, the most famous of which are the MTV, VH1, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, Paramount and DreamWorks, filed a lawsuit in the amount of $ 1 billion. V popular video service YouTube and its vledeltsa, to Google.

The essence of the claim is not new Viacom: Google is accused of deliberate infringement of copyright on a large scale. Naturally, in addition to paying the compensation required from YouTube remove all videos rights are owned by Viacom, and the claim stresses that it is about 160 thousand. Clips viewed a total of 1, 5 billion. Times. It should be noted that Viacom has officially appealed to YouTube with a request to remove illegal content at the beginning of February this year - though without lawsuits, and then it was "only" about 100 thousand. Clips. According to the owners of MTV, video service deliberately refused to install filters that prevent the placement on it of copyright and declined to enter into an agreement that could provide users with access to the video, which is copyrighted by Viacom, legally.

Then YouTube has promised to remove those clips, the owners of which will make the relevant formal requirement, and even passed the information about what requirements Viacom allegedly made almost in its entirety. However, with the representatives of YouTube is not maliciously fail to express regret that Viacom will not be able to further benefit from placing their videos on such popular video sharing, multiplying thus the popularity of their TV programs. At the same time it was reported that American television stations CBS and NBC have already concluded an agreement with YouTube on the use of the content of their video service, and MTV's has a contract with Google, under which users search engine can search for videos owned television channel. The income from the use of this content companies need to share with each other.

Even earlier, in late October 2006, three weeks after the acquisition of YouTube corporation Google, Viacom demanded to remove from free access laid with the help of the popular video service TV MTV and Comedy Central. This happened 10 days after the implementation of the requirements of the Japanese media corporation YouTube about removing from their resources of about 30 thousand. Belonging to her videos. Before that, in September, in a similar vein on YouTube expressed in the Universal Music Group.

In a statement on the occasion of Viacom feed loud suit also says that the business model YouTube is illegal. Owners of video service, according to the plaintiff, are devotion of fans to enrich selling advertising when placing illegal content. The Viacom emphasized that the company was trying by all means to resolve the controversial issue out of court, but no negotiations or other efforts made by Viacom and other copyright holders placed on the YouTube page content, nor to no avail.

The reaction of the defendant was not long in coming. According to the statement made today by lawyers Google, the company does not consider himself guilty of copyright infringement on the site YouTube, does not violate the copyright laws and therefore does not intend to pay Viacom $ 1 billion. as compensation. Alexander McGillivray , the assistant chief adviser on products and intellectual property, Google, said that his company would not would launch a similar service, though she was not sure of the legality of their actions, citing the DMCA ( Digital Millenium Copyright Act), which protects access providers from liability for the actions of users who post material protected by copyright. According to its provisions, the companies responsible for these actions is limited to customers subject to timely block access to data protected by copyright, upon request respective owners.

"Our service will continue to evolve and continue to post content, in spite of this trial," - said McGillivray Source: Telnews

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