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Originally Posted by mykalberta
Initial reaction would be, not Viacoms problem. Bar owners are held financially responsible in the US if drugs are being dealt in their clubs, same general issue. If you run a buisness, its your responsibility it doesnt break or facilitate in breaking the law. Maybe Youtube should be removing all professionaly produced items and then re add them if the company says its ok.
Of course they wont do that else the invesment in Youtube becomes worthless to google and no one would go to Youtube except to watch the Star Wars kid from Quebec.
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So, the mark of whether there is copyright then becomes "professionaly produced items then re add them if the company says its ok."
Which company decides it's ok?
Who decides if something is professionally produced? What are the
indicators of a professional production?
Further, copyright does not have to be held by a company. So,
under your proposal, either a company must be asked, or ALL
individuals must be contacted first.
It is Viacom's problem. They should be made to tell youtube, google,
whomever, that they have a copyright violation, and prove it if required.
If they can't prove it, yet had the material removed, then there should
be severe fines.
After all, you could write a comic, movie, or song, you write it, direct it,
produce it, and all they could do is say it's our copyright and it's gone?
ers