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YouTube copyright alert for Japan |
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MediaGuardian.co.uk, Wednesday December 20/06
YouTube has agreed to publish warnings about copyright infringement on its Japanese-language website in response to concerns raised by a group of 23 entertainment and TV firms from the country.
Represented by the Japan Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers, the media companies had complained to YouTube about the volume of illegally copied and uploaded content available on the video-sharing site.
Responding to a letter from the society, the YouTube founders, Chad Hurley and Steve Chen, said that the Japanese-language site would warn users not to upload copyrighted material, would improve the user registration process and would also ban repeat offenders from using the site.
http://media.guardian.co.uk/newmedia/story/0,,1976343,00.html
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