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February 20, 2006
Update on YouTube and NBC scuffle
From the NYTimes:
Julie Supan, senior director of marketing for YouTube, said she contacted NBC Universal about working out a deal to feature NBC clips, including "Lazy Sunday," on the site. NBC Universal responded early this month with a notice asking YouTube to remove about 500 clips of NBC material from its site or face legal action under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.Since when does a failure to respond equate to permission granted?
There are three little words that apply to any form of expression, whether you agree with it or not... those words are "all rights reserved." If there is nothing saying "permission granted" then by default it is "all rights reserved." These three words are important to any content creator, whether they happen to be NBC Universal or my cousin filming her cat.
YouTube in fact recognized that the video was plaigarized and contacted NBC to "work out a deal," meanwhile YouTube continued to host and redistribute the video after a lack of response from NBC. I guess YouTube assumed that meant they had permission? They have lawyers, right? I mean, they are a VC funded company.
Posted by jkinberg at February 20, 2006 8:45 PM
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