YouTube told to remove clips
New York - Viacom has demanded that YouTube remove more than 100,000 video clips after they failed to reach a distribution agreement.
Viacom said it sent a notice to YouTube asking the popular video-sharing site to remove clips from Viacom-owned properties including MTV Networks and BET.
The media company said its pirated programmes on YouTube have generated about 1.2 billion video streams, based on a study by an outside consultant.
A YouTube spokesperson said it would comply with the request and added, "It's unfortunate that Viacom will no longer be able to benefit from YouTube's passionate audience, which has helped to promote many of Viacom's shows." The company has historically removed clips at the request of copyright owners within hours.
"Filtering tools promised repeatedly by YouTube and Google have not been put in place, and they continue to host and stream vast amounts of unauthorised video," Viacom said in a statement.
Viacom's move also runs counter to the strategies employed by other media companies, such as the Warner Music Group, Vivendi-owned Universal Music Group, and General Electric controlled NBC Universal, which have all landed deals with YouTube to test the service.
Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt told analysts on Wednesday YouTube was in "various stages" of introducing technology, such a digital "fingerprinting", to identify copyrighted material.
"That is an area of big research in the computer science community and also a significant investment here at Google," Schmidt said after Google's quarterly results.
Source: Reuters
Viacom said it sent a notice to YouTube asking the popular video-sharing site to remove clips from Viacom-owned properties including MTV Networks and BET.
The media company said its pirated programmes on YouTube have generated about 1.2 billion video streams, based on a study by an outside consultant.
A YouTube spokesperson said it would comply with the request and added, "It's unfortunate that Viacom will no longer be able to benefit from YouTube's passionate audience, which has helped to promote many of Viacom's shows." The company has historically removed clips at the request of copyright owners within hours.
"Filtering tools promised repeatedly by YouTube and Google have not been put in place, and they continue to host and stream vast amounts of unauthorised video," Viacom said in a statement.
Viacom's move also runs counter to the strategies employed by other media companies, such as the Warner Music Group, Vivendi-owned Universal Music Group, and General Electric controlled NBC Universal, which have all landed deals with YouTube to test the service.
Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt told analysts on Wednesday YouTube was in "various stages" of introducing technology, such a digital "fingerprinting", to identify copyrighted material.
"That is an area of big research in the computer science community and also a significant investment here at Google," Schmidt said after Google's quarterly results.
Source: Reuters
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