http://chosaq.net/archives/2006/10/google-buying-lawsuit-youtube-music-video-deal-and-universal-suing-grouper.html A research blog tracking copyright related policy & technology developments in Japan. By Andreas Bovens. Sat, 18 Jul 2009 11:59:26 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://chosaq.net/archives/2006/10/google-buying-lawsuit-youtube-music-video-deal-and-universal-suing-grouper.html/comment-page-1#comment-444 chosaq » JASRAC putting pressure on YouTube Wed, 06 Dec 2006 06:32:29 +0000 http://chosaq.net/archives/2006/10/google-buying-lawsuit-youtube-music-video-deal-and-universal-suing-grouper.html#comment-444 [...] On Monday, JASRAC sent a letter to YouTube, asking them to proactively check if uploaded videos infringe their copyrights. According to the letter, the problem is that the Notice &&& Takedown scheme is too time-consuming, and “not functioning well due to the large volume of illegal uploads.” Therefore, JASRAC asks YouTube to “implement an infringement-preventive system, which eliminates copyright infringement by employing various technologies of today” (hmm?) as well as to take three provisional measures in the meantime: 1. add a copyright warning on the frontpage; 2. “[r]egister the names and addresses of those users making uploads and to keep such records” (that’s real addresses, not IP addresses) 3. terminate the user accounts of the users who uploaded the 30000 videos that were deleted in October. [...] [...] On Monday, JASRAC sent a letter to YouTube, asking them to proactively check if uploaded videos infringe their copyrights. According to the letter, the problem is that the Notice &&& Takedown scheme is too time-consuming, and “not functioning well due to the large volume of illegal uploads.” Therefore, JASRAC asks YouTube to “implement an infringement-preventive system, which eliminates copyright infringement by employing various technologies of today” (hmm?) as well as to take three provisional measures in the meantime: 1. add a copyright warning on the frontpage; 2. “[r]egister the names and addresses of those users making uploads and to keep such records” (that’s real addresses, not IP addresses) 3. terminate the user accounts of the users who uploaded the 30000 videos that were deleted in October. [...]

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